[Tasting] Blind tasting 11/Jan/17

🍇🍇🍇 1. Furmint
Tokaji, Hungary
2011, 11.5%

Appearance	Clarity / Intensity/ Colour	Clear / Medium / gold
Nose	Condition / Intensity	Clean / Pronounced / Developing
	Aroma Characteristics	Primary - Floral: Blossom, Elderflower, Jasmine Citrus: Lemon, orange Green: apple, pear, quince Tropical: mango, pineapple, lychee Stone: Apricot Dried fruits: orange peel, marmelaide, fig Secondary - Oak: smoky, toasty, vanilla, butterscotch Tertiary: honey, nutty, almonde
Palate	Sweetness Medium Sweet / Acidity M+ / Tannins / Body M+~F/ Alcohol M / Flavour intensity M+ / Finish M+~L
	Flavour characteristics	Citrus / nutty / honey / blossom / pear
Quality	Balance O  / Intensity O  / Length O / Complexity O Very Good
Level of readiness for drinking	Drink now & Potential for ageing

*Toakji wine style

1. Dry - no noble rot/ simple/ unoaked -> drink young // oaked style as well 2. Tokaji Szamorodni - Dry or Sweet depends on noble rot. Mix both noble rot berries and healthy berries 3. Late Harvest - Modern style / noble rot berries could be used 4. Tokaji Aszu - no noble rot (residual sugar 120g/L) + Aszu berries (rotten berries) are added. This Aszu berry give sweetness.

5. Tokaji Essencia - Only noble rot(free-run juice of Aszu berries) (residual sugar 450g/L) very low alcohol : too sweetness kill the yeast. High acidity

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2. Cabernet Franc

Saumur Champigny, Loire,

2014, 12.5%

Appearance	Clarity / Intensity/ Colour	Clear / M / Ruby
Nose	Condition / Intensity	Clean / M / Developing
	Aroma Characteristics	Primary - Floral: violet, rose Herbaceous: Grassy, leafy, tomato Black: black berry Red: strawberry, cherry, raspberry Spice: pepper, liquorice Earthy: wet stone, flint Secondary - Oak: smoky, ashy, resinous(송진) Tertiary - mushroom
Palate	Sweetness DRY / Acidity H / Tannins M / Body M- / Alcohol M / Flavour intensity M(-) / Finish M-
	Flavour characteristics	Spice: pepper / Herbaceous / Black fruits / Raspberry
Quality	Balance O  / Intensity O  / Length O / Complexity △ Good
Level of readiness for drinking	Drink now & not suitable for ageing

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3. Cabernet Sauvignon

Maipo Valley, Chile

2015, 14%

Appearance	Clarity / Intensity/ Colour	Clear / M / Ruby
Nose	Condition / Intensity	Clean / Pronounced / Developing
	Aroma Characteristics	Primary - Black currant, black berry, blueberry, Red: cherry, plum / Jammy Herbaceous: grassy Herbal: mint spices: pepper, liquorice Secondary- Oak: smoky, toasty, chocolate
Palate	Sweetness DRY / Acidity M(+) / Tannins M / Body M / Alcohol H  / Flavour intensity M / Finish M(-)
	Flavour characteristics	Spice: pepper/ Herbaceous: leafy, tomato / Black currant, Black berry/ savoury / meaty
Quality	Balance O  / Intensity △  / Length △ / Complexity O Very Good
Level of readiness for drinking	Drink now & Potential for ageing

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4. Moscato d'asti

Piamonte, Italy

Appearance	Clarity / Intensity/ Colour	Clear / Pale / Lemon(green)
Nose	Condition / Intensity	Clean / Pronounced / Youthful
	Aroma Characteristics	Primary - Floral: Blossom Tropical: lychee, banana, pineapple Citrus: Lemon, Lime Green: apple, pear Stone: Peach Honey, fruits confi (Preserved fruits)
Palate	Sweetness M-sweet/ Acidity M(-) / Tannins / Body L / Alcohol L / Flavour intensity M+ / Finish M+ / Mousse Delicate
	Flavour characteristics	Tropical: lychee, pineapple / green apple, pear / floral: blossom / honey
Quality	Balance O  / Intensity O  / Length O / Complexity O Very Good
Level of readiness for drinking	Drink now & not suitable for ageing