2017 Molino Real Mountain Wine Malaga Telmo Rodriguez 50 cl

Der bliver ikke lavet ret mange flasker af denne vin om året. Blot 4106 – og så er det endda kun halvflasker. Den hvide dessertvin fra bjergene omkring Malaga er lavet på Moscatel-druen, og den strutter af lækre, sødmefulde og bløde frugter som mango, fersken og pærer. Samtidig har den en sublim friskhed, der sikrer, at det ikke bliver sødt som saften fra dåsefrugter. Den holder rigtig flot til frugtdesserter eller til oste af den lidt skarpere slags. Prisen er høj – men nydelsen og værdien af de dyre dråber, er hver en øre værd.

2017 was an extremely dry year in Málaga, and the Moscatel grapes for the sweet 2017 Molino Real were picked early (starting August 14th). Sorting was very important in this heterogeneous year; the fermentation was long and complex in 225-liter oak barrels, and the wine matured slowly at low temperature for 20 months in barrel. It's 13.57% alcohol and has 135 grams of sugar. It feels a bit roasted—there was a burning wind from Africa—and the ripeness without one bunch was different. The wine has musky aromas and flavors within the classical notes of the Molino Real (to me bay leaf and condensed milk). It's very intense on the palate, sweet but with a kind of lightness that makes it more aerial, not ethereal but not heavy at all and with freshness. It keeps the level in this very unusual year.