Jayson Cohen
Jayson Cohen
Following up the last Falkenstein thread with this new and improved Falkenstein thread, this equally limpid wine is very fine but in a rounder style than the intensely cut and driving 2016 version. At least I think that is a fair comparison. There is a conundrum. The label says this is AP#3. The cork is branded AP#15. I’m not sure what to make of that. I appeal to the Webers and Lars Carlsberg for answers should they happen to see this.
In any case sponti, lightly spearminty aromas dominate until Day 4 (3 full days open). Then like magic it emerges. The nose shifts to a dynamic tapestry of anise, caraway, quinine, and herbs, most reminiscent to my nose of François Cotat’s Chavignol Culs de Beaujeu. But the slate-grown mouth is entirely different than that Kimmeridgian cracker. Lime and Granny Smith, definitely rounder and less diamond precise than 2016, but perhaps better integrated for its age. Best served below cellar temperature. It has almost Spatlese feel for a feinherb. It’s good. Very good. And goes excellently with a homemade butter chicken.
[Points withheld on philosophical grounds.]
In any case sponti, lightly spearminty aromas dominate until Day 4 (3 full days open). Then like magic it emerges. The nose shifts to a dynamic tapestry of anise, caraway, quinine, and herbs, most reminiscent to my nose of François Cotat’s Chavignol Culs de Beaujeu. But the slate-grown mouth is entirely different than that Kimmeridgian cracker. Lime and Granny Smith, definitely rounder and less diamond precise than 2016, but perhaps better integrated for its age. Best served below cellar temperature. It has almost Spatlese feel for a feinherb. It’s good. Very good. And goes excellently with a homemade butter chicken.
[Points withheld on philosophical grounds.]