Her Mir Tage

9.6

Henry Jayer certainly live up to his name!

The wine possesses a profound, healing, oriental herbal bouquet. It's not like fresh mint or basil; it's more like opening a traditional apothecary cabinet filled with premium Chinese Angelica Root (Dāngguī), Astragalus (Huángqí), and dried lily bulbs, or walking through a damp forest after the rain, with scents of ginseng, licorice root, and dried citrus peel warming the air, all interwoven with the luxurious undertones of black truffle and moist earth. It's an aroma that evokes serenity, warmth, and nourishment.

Upon first opening, it presented an aroma of traditional Chinese herbs. After breathing in the glass for half an hour, the wine truly began to unfold, releasing intense notes of red fruits, woody fragrances, and those distinctive herbal nuances. The body is a remarkable fusion of elegance and power. Despite its age, the 1988 vintage retains a finely structured and layered profile, with a clean palate and velvety, silky-smooth tannins. The finish is exceptionally long, evoking the delicate scent of morning dew on bamboo leaves. Overall, it’s an utterly captivating wine that leaves one truly enchanted.
— 10 months ago

Mark S.

8.9

Mid body. It is better to decant it for more than one hour to show its feature. Transparent color. Red rich fruits. Sono Montenidoli Toscana Sangiovese Blend 2017 @1000, Kping - Oriental, 210127-220130 — 4 years ago

Mark S.

9.0

Mid body. Matured black fruits aroma and taste. Comfortably matured. Quite smooth. Château Lafon-Rochet Lafon Roche St. Estephe 2005 @2750, wine plus - Oriental, 210113-210430 — 5 years ago

Neil Valenzuela

10

It’s just a Coors on a 102* day in Tombstone, Arizona at Wyatt Earp’s Oriental Saloon. — 7 years ago

K ITO

8.9

spanish californian taste as mocha coated with spice. can match with oriental cusine — 8 years ago

Jonas Palmqvist

9.0

Mainly dark fruits and oriental spices on the nose with some strawberry peaking through. In the mouth, slightly candied fruit flavours with decent acidity and resolved tannins. — 8 years ago

Diane Is Moving To CellarTracker

9.6

Tropical fruit punch with something herbal or floral, like dandelion or chamomile 🤔 Either from Vanderbilt Ave. or Williston Park, I can’t remember lol 😅 — 3 years ago

Jeroen Koenen

9.4

Black candied amarena cherries dipped in melted bitterchocolate. Wow…
Complex nuances of asphalt, damp earth, soy sauce and oriental spice. Open and generous, wonderful freshness and purity. Not alcoholic at all, this is an extremely well-crafted and beautiful Port wine. 😍 — 4 years ago

Jeroen Koenen

9.3

Dense, dark, brambly fruit, bitterchocolate, mocca and oriental spice; soft tannines and judicious use of oak make this a wonderful wine to drink now. Delicious!
— 5 years ago

Mark S.

9.0

Much smooth than 2016 in 2018. Balanced. Fruity. 2011 @2650, Xiaduo - Oriental, 201017-201024 — 6 years ago

Jeroen Koenen

9.1

Sweet, concentrated, tropical fruit and oriental spice. Long and complex, great with blue cheeses! — 8 years ago

Chris England

9.5

Fabulous relaxed & reasonably priced meal at “Blanc” in the Mandarin Oriental with Chef Carme Ruscalleda, whose restaurants have won 7 Michelin stars! ⏩ Scroll for delish city’s food pics on Instagram ⏩

A truly unique wine that’s €112 in restaurant & €56 from winery that went with all the foods shown perfectly 😍

📍 Terroir Al Limit Pedra de Guix 2014

🏵 95 points

🍇 Pedro Ximénez, Macabeo & Garnatxa Blanca

🍷 Amber honey w/ a bronze orange tone

👃 Light burnt marmalade, stick toffee pudding foam, old sherry cask, fallen green apple & vanilla custard

👄 Med refreshing body of brown green apple in torched brown sugar w/ honey, citrus zest & baked orange w/ soft sherry tickles

🎯 Long aged tortured toffee old apple in honey & brown sugar - a sherry but elegant & subtle

💭 Mrs E says “Nowhere near as heavy as it looks”

— 8 years ago

Donald Patz

Owner/Winemaker Patz & Hall

9.3

Impressive Premier Cru - cherries, cola, earth, Oriental spice box, long finish. — 8 years ago

with Jack

aik

9.0

oriental spice, hot spice add the complexty.
totally, elegant, — 4 years ago

Takuya Namise

8.9

Lord Jim’s (Mandarin Oriental)
果実味強め — 4 years ago

Jeroen Koenen

9.4

Wow…. Wonderful….!
Tropical flowers and fruit, honey, lanolin, botrytis, dust, hints of tobacco, mossy rocks and dashes of sexy mysterious oriental spice. Opulent and persistent on the palate, great acidity and beautiful bitterness to balance out the sweetness.
Superb now and throughout the next decade. — 5 years ago

Stephen Long

9.9

Big. The other comments are accurate. Oriental spice, licorice, tannic and earthy. I really love this. — 7 years ago

with Brooke

Jeroen Koenen

9.2

What a clever wine...!
Fresh apple and lemoncurd notes on the palate, whiff of oriental spice and only a faint tropical nuance. Is that some rocky minerality in the back? Savvy use of oak.
Very reliable label and this year is their best to date.
For all you dutchies over here: great qpr when those “wilde-wijn-dagen” are on again..! — 8 years ago

Hector Franco

9.0

Silky tannins, berry forward. Great with pork loin pork chop with oriental seasoning — 8 years ago

Mark

9.1

Needs to aerate. Had at the Mandarin Oriental Boston with Marla and Matthew — 9 years ago