2012 Passito di Pantelleria Ben Rye
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The 2012 Passito di Pantelleria Ben Ryé is the result of a dry vintage and healthy concentration of sugars. Ben Ryé's taste profile changes enormously when you get to these younger vintages. Passito di Pantelleria is a wine that shows a very distinct jump in evolution just a few years into its aging process. Once it makes it past that first plateau, the wine then embarks on an excruciatingly slow progression that takes decades to complete. In fact, looking back at this retrospective, I can't say that any of the wines felt "old" or flat. Even the inaugural 1989 vintage is beaming with life. I have the same high expectations for this vintage.
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Jancis Robinson MW
Monica Larner, Wine Advocate
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RS 203 g/l, TA 7.9 g/l, pH 3.84. Amber with rust-coloured rim. Complex fragrance of marmalade, dried orange peel, dried apricot, mandarin, walnut, floral, tangerine. High, crisp, fresh acidity is mouth-watering and drives the persistent flavour. (YS)