Grof Degenfeld, Aszu 4 Puttonyos, Tokaj

Popped and poured at fridge temp. Lots of things going on here, honey, cloudberry, burnt sugar, calvados, dark sweet things. Also on the palate, excellent acidity, not super sweet, but perfect with a sweet dessert.

Date night @ Cloudstreet: Sherried, dried yellow raisins, burnt caramel, ripe stone fruits, figs, botrytis, with a warm gingerly finish. Intense, complex and great way to end off a great dinner.

CL's Birthday celebration at Regent. Pop and poured. 500ml bottle. Appearance is clear, medium intensity, amber colour. Legs. Nose pronounced intensity, with aromas of caramel, honey, marmalade, raisins, dried orange peel, gingery spice botrytis. Developed. On the palate, sweet, high acidity, low alcohol (11.5%), full body. Pronounced flavour intensity, with flavours of nutty caramel, honey, marmalade, dried orange peel, raisins, Japanese pickled plum, Yomeishu, gingery botrytis spice. Long finish. Very good quality. Tokaji can live forever, but why wait when …

At seventeen years old, this wine has become an amber colour with medium depth. The odour is massive: notes of apricot, mandarin, cooked apple, beeswax, orange peel, honey, caramel, almonds, ripe banana, and figs. There are some notes that suggest this wine is developed and perhaps slightly past its best: oxidative flavours like walnuts and raisins. It is still full-bodied, with med+ acidity, high flavour intensity and high sweetness. The finish lasts a long time: still fantastic, but don't keep …

Delicious notes of honeycomb and granny smith apples. Fairly sweet but a nice crisp acidity cuts through the sweetness. Thick, full, but not syrupy mouthfeel.

n - butterscotch, marmalade lost more marmalade in the mouth, t. rancio like flavours apricots not actually that sweet not that long either a bit disappointing

Wine Dinner to Start the School Year - 90 Dom, 87 DRC, 78 Margaux, 04 Kapscandy ... : This was the finisher of the evening. It was brought by Dan who received it as a gift from Lou K. The wine had a rich golden color that was very inviting. Flavors of roasted pineapple, orange peel and a delicious honeycomb were woven in a great medium bodied mouthfeel. The wine was young but extremely sophisticated. I would search this out.

- Yellow gold color with medium forming legs. It's balanced and has flavours of molasses, honey and raisin with a full body. Smooth texture with a long finish.

Color almost like cognac, really sweet nose with lots of dried fruit. Taste dominated by plum juice and prunes with a strong taste of raisins. Good acid, but not totally in balance. Very good nonetheless!

SWE: Smoke, orange, White shrooms, apricot; very rich, conc., lots of clean petrol oil notes; long spicy fin.

Dallas 2nd Wednesday Group - November 2007 (Danielle Osteria, Dallas, TX) : WIML92-93 Tasted November 14, 2007 at an offline. Opened and served immediately. Yellow to dark yellow color in the glass, clear hue throughout. Nose of apricots, honeysuckle, lychee and orange. Flavors of orange cream dominate right up front followed by flavors of dried apricots, some honey and light citrus notes. Also picked up some almond notes on the long finish. Medium to vibrant acidity, medium to full body. …

Large Tasting : Interesting....not as thick as I thought it would be.