Baladin Terre Riserva Teo Musso 2010

Brewed by Le Baladin
Style: Barley Wine
Piozzo, Italy

Serve in Snifter

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Assaggiata al Petit Baladin: nel bicchiere si presenta di colore giallo intenso (bronzeo), leggermente torbida, senza schiuma. Odora di marsala, di alcool, di thé nero. In bocca è calda e delicata, con una bassa carbonatazione. Finale intenso e persistente che ricorda il legno, tannico e ricorda vagamente il finale del caffè d’orzo. Di gran lunga inferiore alla sua "cugina" Xyauyù.

Sampled from a 0.75l bottle @ Gaasa. What an amazing aroma! Sweet raisins, lots of sherry, sticky glazed apples, tons of nuts, so caramelized and concentrated! Been a while since I’ve nosed such a fantastic aroma as this. It’s a bit mead like in a way. Floral touches - like in the aroma. Lots of honey, wood, alcohol and it manages to be stinging in a mild way. Just a plain old really tasty one! Would not mind having this again! And that aroma? 01.03.2013

Et fantastisk desert øl med en fantastisk smak. Dyp svart farge men med lite skum. Topp!

From a corked bottle at Open Baladin, Roma 09/02/13. Murky chestnut brown with no head. Nose is dark fruits, dates, light smoke, almond, dank wood. Taste comprisesdark cherries, wood, varnish, burnt toffee, dates, prunes. Full bodied, minimal carbonation almost flat, warming alcohol in the finish. A very good barley wine where the alcohol is well integrated.

Courtesy of Jan (fonefan), parallel with Lune; corked bottle
Dark amber color, hazy. Malt aroma, with some ripe fruits, and light glue; oxidised; more dynamic than the aroma of Lune, but also suspicious. Strong body, the lack of carbonation creates a round mouthfeel; sweet without exaggeration; complex flavor, with malt, nuts, a touch of smoke, light sourness from the wine; it hides the alcohol better than the Lune; the final is bitter with some alcohol warmth.
Very good, more interesting than Lune, but not as special as some of the Xyauyú.

caramel, cereal, chocolate, coffee, nuts, resin, citrus, barnyard, basement aromas, butterscotch, licorice, raisin, vanilla, woody. Un Barley wine invecchiato nelle botti di vino rosso. Gusto intenso e persistente molto liquoroso. Decisamente fuori dagli standard. Eccellente.

Mørk av farge. Rund og god på smak preget av en fyldig malt smak. Godt som desert øl.

6/X/2012 - from small bottle (37.5cl?) @ Brouwkwintessens in the Cantillon brewery (Brussels) with the Gentse Biervereniging - BB: n/a (2012-1110)

Clear dark amber to watered down cola coloured beer, small head, dissipates immediately. Aroma: BANG! Explosion of aromas! Whisky, bourbon, hazelnuts, caramel, bit sugary, madeira, alcohol, lots of vanilla, wood. MF: no carbon, medium body. Taste: sweet start, tastes very aged all right! Orange peel, caramel, sugary, vanilla, madeira, some walnuts, toast. Aftertaste: sugar, caramel, lots of vanilla, bourbon, orange peel. An amazing beer!

Bottle sampled @ Quintessence 2012. With some fine chocolate caviar served alongside. Aged on Italian red wine. Whiskey sized pour of a completely flat, not the slightest inkling of a head of a brandy looking liquid - colour me impressed. Smell is very sweet caramel mixed with dark sugar, liqueur, honey, dark fruits, wood. Taste is slick, bit thick, oily goodness, caramel, toff, liqueur, concentrated caramelized sugar, maple light dark fruits leading in a lightly woody and vinous finish. I liked this one even more than the already exceptional Baladin Xyauyù Barrel - even rounder, slicker - mighty fine stuff.

Bottle sample @ Cantillon Quintessence 2012. Orangée foncée, pas de bulle, légère couche huileuse dorée au verre. Arôme est malté avec des notes de caramel, barrique et un vin macéré. Palais est impressionnant pour ses 12%, note maltée vers le liquoreux, qcq notes minérales, avec un rappel liquoreux de spéculoos, je note une fine note fumée venant peut être de la barrique. Cette dernière laisse une place subtile au vin sans pour cela avoir une dominance de raisin Le houblon reste en retrait et contribue a un ajout finement amer/fruité. Ici aussi, on entre dans une dimension où la bière fuse avec les liqueurs.