A Vino de Pasto from the laminated Albarizas Barajuelas of Pago Macharnudo
intense varietal flavour with a trademark long
The nose is complex with tertiary aromas of roasted cashew and subtle oak underpinned with powerful primary fruit characters of grapefruit
slower maturing wines and that inimitable Gosset style – powerful and full-bodied
as well as ripe fruit aromas of peach
Frasqueiras Reservas Pereira D’Oliveiras Malvazia Sweet (bottled 2013, 106yo) 1907 sauternes A Vino de Pasto fromDeeply woody and bricky, this opens to tea, fine adobe, honey and pippy sweetness, with lantana herbals and chocolate. The treacly richness exists within an amazing aromatic liveliness, thanks in part to a rainwater juicy freshening lift. Very deep in the mouth, the palate interplays marmalade and molasses, with lots of complex volatile development character and wood spice, yet still showing primary citrus through fine toffee. The palate leads with