Aaron Tan
Wow. I’m on a roll with shitty bottles - bretty and volatile; worse with air. Still some red fruits lingering if it’s any consolation.
Wow. I’m on a roll with shitty bottles - bretty and volatile; worse with air. Still some red fruits lingering if it’s any consolation.
8.5Aaron Tan
So closed that you'd need power tools to open it. Despite a hard decant, the nose was just all sulphury reduction and smoke. Very tannin-forward on the palate - astringent almost, with just hints of red fruits lurking in the background. Combined with high acidity, this was far from a joy to drink. From the previous bottle opened, it looks like an overnight slow-ox (12h) would be required to make this drinkable, and even then reduction was still present.
So closed that you'd need power tools to open it. Despite a hard decant, the nose was just all sulphury reduction and smoke. Very tannin-forward on the palate - astringent almost, with just hints of red fruits lurking in the background. Combined with high acidity, this was far from a joy to drink. From the previous bottle opened, it looks like an overnight slow-ox (12h) would be required to make this drinkable, and even then reduction was still present.
8.8Aaron Tan
Lots to love about the 2019 Migan once you get past the highly reductive aromas and unripe tannins. With air, the reductive notes do meld into the peppery, floral, red-cherry bouquet, appearing as a smoky, Chinese herb-spice mix note. Saline and tart on the palate, with cherries, cranberries, and spiced meat, as well as a hint of bitterness that gives the finish a sort of stoney quality. Very mineral in short. It’s quite engrossing really, but I’d recommend not to chew in any bit when you drink this, as the tannic-forward nature can be quite distracting.
Lots to love about the 2019 Migan once you get past the highly reductive aromas and unripe tannins. With air, the reductive notes do meld into the peppery, floral, red-cherry bouquet, appearing as a smoky, Chinese herb-spice mix note. Saline and tart on the palate, with cherries, cranberries, and spiced meat, as well as a hint of bitterness that gives the finish a sort of stoney quality. Very mineral in short. It’s quite engrossing really, but I’d recommend not to chew in any bit when you drink this, as the tannic-forward nature can be quite distracting.
9.1Alex Jones
Marketing/Development Kunni/Westerly Wines
Love this: great salinity, tart, sour red fruit. Great alone and also with fish.
Love this: great salinity, tart, sour red fruit. Great alone and also with fish.
8.9Ed Chin
Tangy red fruit and a little funky, in a good way. One of those you can drink slightly chilled during the summer.
Tangy red fruit and a little funky, in a good way. One of those you can drink slightly chilled during the summer.
9.1Bryan Kesting
Fun wine. Light bodied and a little one dimensional.
Fun wine. Light bodied and a little one dimensional.
9.0Vasu Tummala
The most volcanic wine I’ve had. All the graphite and stone. Is sweet mushroom a thing? A little hollow in mid palette, with a pretty perfume wood finish.
The most volcanic wine I’ve had. All the graphite and stone. Is sweet mushroom a thing? A little hollow in mid palette, with a pretty perfume wood finish.
9.3Brandon Thiessen
Next time I’ll let it open for several hours
Next time I’ll let it open for several hours
8.9Jean-Philip Journeault
2019
2019
9.0Byron Hewett
I was hoping for a bit more. Earthy. Interesting, but very subtle fruit notes. Never really blossomed.
I was hoping for a bit more. Earthy. Interesting, but very subtle fruit notes. Never really blossomed.
9.1WARNING: DRINKING DISTILLED SPIRITS, BEER, COOLERS, WINE AND OTHER ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES MAY INCREASE CANCER RISK, AND, DURING PREGNANCY, CAN CAUSE BIRTH DEFECTS.