Fortified (Other) wine from Spain: 2007 : frenchwineguide.blogspot.com

Wine name: Ariyanas Dulce Producer: Bodegas Bentomiz S.L., Sayalonga (Malaga) Vintage: 2007 Purchased from: Bacchanalia Price: £16 Appearance: Deep amber colour, thick yet receding on the glass. Aromatics: Melon, honey, clay. Attack: Rich honey and a real taste of clay garden soil. Evolution: Carrot honey, lychees. Finish: Honey on the swallow, lychees in the nose. Sweetness: 4 Acidity: 2.5 Tannin: 0 Texture: Very thick and syrupy. Length: Excellent Balance: Good acidity which balances out the fairly intense sweetness. Closure: Cork Alcohol: 13% abv Notes: A fascinating wine. Intensely sweet but not really noticeable due to the fruity acidity. Lychee flavours are delicious and interestingly only present on the back corners of the tongue, and this off clay garden soil flavour and potter’s clay. Really complex and unusual. FrenchWineGuide score: 95 points. FrenchWineGuide is an offshoot of Naturally Sales Ltd, helping businesses around the world to be successful through improved sales, leadership, communication skills and Microsoft Excel. http://www.nsales.co.uk