Magnums and Light

Dinner at Caprice.

2018 Clemens Busch Marienburg Felsterrasse Riesling Große Lage, from magnum - started serving 40 minutes after opening. This was more ripe on the palate than expected, but thankfully it's not sweet. Showing a fragrant nose of white flowers along with some lemon citrus. Very smooth on the palate with good acidity balance.

2024 Clos Mao Light - this was sooooo fucking beautiful! The nose was so open, and so powerful with lots of toast, and very reductive. Good acidity on the palate but it was more rounded and ripe than I had expected. After 30 minutes this opened up more to show vanilla oak.

2000 Sine Qua Non The Boot, from magnum - opened and stoppered immediately, then served around 1½ hours later. This was showing beautifully, with a wonderful floral nose and also some sweet marzipan.

2010 La Pousse d'Or Bonnes-Mares, en magnum - very smooth on the palate, with nice amount of sweet fruit together with the leather and some eucalyptus.

Full post on dinner is here.