by Jenise » Thu Jun 20, 2024 10:57 am
I did not write this tasting note. An Israeli friend did, which he posted in Hebrew on Facebook, then Facebook provided this English translation. The wine is a recent import to Israel from a "brain company" (IOW 'smart' or 'savvy' importer). The text both in words and spellings, is earnestly adorable.
Labruyere Estate, Windmill, Heart of Old Vineyards, 2014
Fascinating import of Drink Now - although almost every importer has boarded the Bojola train, the unique thing here is that it's Bojola with age, which comes from one of the most important core villages of the region. I'm told that a panel is tasting a snake blindly guess that it's Cote de Noi. At the launch event of Drink Now I didn't see such an imagination, but when I opened a bottle at home, I was indeed present to witness it. There are definitely forest floor and iron droplet aromas here that take me to the area, as well as solid palate with no holes on one side, and no overripe on the other. This is simply a flawless Bojola and with lots of character. Mainly what I like here is the stench of wild forest soil. Rotting of leaves and roots, standing water that has been cleaned into puddles of saturated edges and monosols. The stench of the necessity of life.
My wine shopping and I have never had a problem. Just a perpetual race between the bankruptcy court and Hell.--Rogov