Dr.Meandor

8.9

LEFKADIA winery (Russia, Krasnodar region)
FLAMINGO (dry rosé, 100% Grenache Noir)
Vintage 2012

Tasted 29/06/2016

Limited by 6300 bottles: elegant, stylish and slender pink (dry rosé) Flamingo. Fabulous allegory!

Colour of salmony rose, caressing eye.
Aromas of lily, jasmine, wild strawberry, wild cherry, creamy cranberry interlacing each other with light herbacious & grapefuit nuances.
Very well balanced (14% ABV!) palate with crispy acidity, light body and lovely minerality. Soft, bit oily, scented by barberry, red currant, ashberry, hawthorn.
Fresh finish with zesty ashberry bitterness.
Paired to halibut fillet baked with herbs, cheese and red caviar . — 10 years ago

Kelvin So

9.0

Baking spice, baked fruit, hawthorn — 11 years ago

Colin Thorne

9.4

2013 vintage. Glorious wine, opens with blackcurrant leaf and hawthorn blossoms before the palate is soaked in lime and chalk minerals. Brilliant length and finesse. One of Sancerres top producers these days. — 12 years ago

Nick Benz

9.4

Golden color, caramelized pear, hawthorn. Delicious. Acidity, balances RS — 11 years ago

Emily & Alessio Valle

9.1

2014 vintage - quite a nice surprise: wonderful color, rich scents of hawthorn and elderflower, vanilla and spices in the mouth. — 11 years ago

Corin Hirsch

9.4

Kinetic sparkling wine from the Okanagan Valley in British Columbia. Lemon, hawthorn, and funk on the nose, then dueling gravity and raciness. So good. Traditional method/ Pinot Noir + Chardonnay / 12.6 abv — 11 years ago

Kai Chang

9.4

Clear pale ruby with hints of garnet. It gives an elegant shine. Predominately raspberry on the nose lined with leather and grass with hints of smokey tobacco, hawthorn and strawberry. Dry on the palate with medium+ soft acidity, medium alcohol, and low tannin but still gives a nice structural complexity to this medium body wine. More noticeable flavours of smokey oak with hints of raspberry, strawberry, and hawthorn come up and lasts into its medium finish. Very good quality, drink now through 2020. — 12 years ago

Lyn Farmer

9.1

Bracing, crisp acidity gives a powerful foundation to this wine. The hint of salinity practically screams "oysters!" while the fine mousse underscores the wine's silky texture. A portion of the Wine was aged in wood but there is no hint of wood beyond the slight bump in density. Citrus, acacia, and hawthorn all contribute to the bouquet and palate. Quite long on the finish. Racy and substantial. — 11 years ago

Kelvin So

8.9

Cooked cherry, hawthorn, old flower, cola

— 11 years ago

EeLoong Toh

9.3

Flowery nose - hawthorn and apple blossom? Rich sweetness of fruit on the mid palate. Finishes dry with a long long length. Plenty of acidity to cut through the richness of the duck liver wrapped in bacon that was served with it. Similar to the 2012. — 11 years ago