Dark golden in color.
Simple on the nose with honey, citrus, pineapples, honeydew and light spices.
Full bodied with high acidity and long legs.
Off dry on the palate with yellow apples, spices, light tropical fruits, licorice, honey, light earth notes, herbs and white pepper.
Long finish with spices and black pepper.
This 38 year old is still drinking very nicely now, but probably past its peak.
I gave it an hour to open up, but it probably needed much longer.
This is an interesting sweet wine. Spicy and entertaining, but lost a lot of the fruits by now. From a great vintage, but not as sweet as I expected it to be.
I had it a couple of years ago and liked it better then. Not what I expected but it is still very drinkable.
13% alcohol by volume.
89 points.
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