This is AP #6. Green-gold. Spicy, exotic and tumescent: sencha, ginger honey, apple tart tartin, passion fruit. Telltale ’01 density on display, an enveloped, carnal mass of fruit, sweetness and acidity. There’s a lot of wine here but it’s seemingly overcome by the weight and volume of material; explicit it’s not. Auslese in style and richness without the noble rot or wealth of minerality. Will this eventually shed its bulk and emerge more articulate? Now – 2016.
