Baladin Xyauyù Etichetta Rame (Copper Label)

Brewed by Le Baladin
Style: Barley Wine
Piozzo, Italy

Thanks to eagle for this one. Poured an amber color with small thin head which didn’t last. Aroma was pleasant dark fruits vanilla and woody. Flaovr was much the same as it warmed the vanilla jumped out on the tounge. Good Good beer.

Bottle shared with toncatcher. Excellent aromas off this viscous brown/amber pour with no head. Lots of sweet malty aromas. Raisin, Prune, Dark Fruit, Molasses. Sweet sweet sugar cane and more dark fruit flavor. Alcohol flavor turned to alcohol burn. Some cotton Candy on the finish. Very sweet and very good.

2004 Vintage 500mL bottle. Poured a still, transparent ruddy brown with very fine particles suspended in there.. nothing doing for head, but it left some lovely legs on the glass. The aroma was just enchanting.. brandy sugars, vanilla, and dark fruits meld expertly into sweet, lightly-toasted oak and caramel.. came across as rather innocent, but darker, more powerful forces were apparent... almost came across as more of a fine liqueur than a beer.

The flavor picked up where the nose left off.. syrupy dark fruits with a Port wine feel lead off with caramel, molasses, and mild herbal notes across the middle.. sweet and warm finish hid the alcohol very well. Syrupy-thick on the palate with mild, complimentary spices and only warmth from the alcohol.. flowed nicely across the palate. This was quite a treat, but I think it’s going to catch up to me in about half an hour.

Bottle from SL, 2004 brew, poured clear amber, no significant head, certainly thinned quickly. Aroma was very nice, dark fruits (prunes, grapes, figs), sweet honey and vanilla, warming alcohol (mullable probably), cherries, oak/wood. Flavor follows every bit of the aroma, some molasses also present, vanilla stronger than in the aroma, very enjoyable, although certainly a malty/mead like product with ample alcohol present. Mouthfeel is moderately sticky, again very mead like, yet enjoyable. Not sure why this isn’t more liked, joyously smooth and sweet, although without a doubt expensive. A nice experience.

Source:2005 copper bottle shared by Steamhead.
Glass:Taster.
Appearance:Dark brown pour with an ultra-thin head. Lots of suspended carbonation.
Aroma:Aroma was burned sugar, molasses, brown sugar and sherry.
Flavor:A lot of residual sweetness. Brown sugar and molasses. Reminds me of Thomas Hardys.
Palate:Extremely full body...think heated pancake syrup with more carbonation than I would have expected, but the body doesn’t allow it to escape.
Overall:I really enjoyed this. Would be perfect as an after dinner drink from a cordial or a snifter.

2004 Vintage: Poured a dark chestnut color with some legs and no head for the most part. the aroma was sweet and fruity. Notes of aged malt and sherry. The flavor was mostly aged malt with some sweet brown sugar and sherry notes. Sweet sugary finish. Full bodied and sticky. Nice and warming.

Name: Xyauyu
Date: 10/14/2007
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting
Vintage: 2004

clear dark copper, headless, flows down the side of the glass in sheets of viscous liquid, big sweet dark caramel aroma with lots of fruity character and some alcohol fumes that fade over time, thick body, rich malt flavor, touch of brown sugar, maple and moleasses add to the sweetness, touch of fruity character, warming, alcohol is well hidden behind the sweetness,

Aroma: 8/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 8/10; Palate: 9/10; Overall: 16/20
Rating: 4.1/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **4

Poured a dark amber color, with no head or lacing. Aroma of maple, smoke, roast, a bit of chocolate, wood, and some vanilla. Taste of wood, nuts, smoke, roasted malts, with tons of maple syrup, vanilla, brown sugar, some caramel, and alcohol in the finish.