Colour: straw. Nose: rather closed at first nosing, with just notes of hay and wet stones as well as salt and Fanta. A bit hard I must say and somewhat chemical. Let’s give it some time… Well, there’s also some ginger tonic coming through after a moment, old cardboard… And then it gets much cleaner, finally, mostly on newly cut apples. With water: oh yes, what a pull-up! It got much, much cleaner, nicely herbal and citrusy, with also quite some vanilla crème and whiffs of fresh mint. Amazing what water does to this one. Mouth (neat): punchy, aggressive, very bitter and very lemony. Ouch! Quick, water: it improves again but in lesser proportions. It’s still very lemony and quite bitter but we have also a little tea, tangerines, cake… Much more tannins as well and a finish that’s rather long but a little dry and sort of indefinite. But what a miracle on the nose!

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