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Darjeeling Rohini DJ 28 “GOLD” F.T.G.F.O.P.1
Origin: India, Darjeeling
Tea Estate: Rohini
Dry leaves:
Aspect: small leaves, rolled perfectly according to the traditional black tea technique.
Colour: very dark brown with silver buds.
Scents: very warm notes, stewed fruit, jam, vanilla and wax-polished wood.
Brewed leaves:
Colours: mainly reddish-brown.
Scents: plenty of cooked fruit (stewed fruit, jam), a very elegant rose-floral note and woody aromas.
Liquor:
Colour: a clear, gleaming red-orange liquor.
Texture: a good presence in the mouth due to an astringency that coats the whole palate. Gives the tea character, rigour and a good length in the mouth.
Flavour: a touch of bitterness.
Aromas: a lovely fruity (jam, stewed fruit) and floral bouquet to start, combined with woody notes (dry wood), and citrus, bergamot and honey accents.
Aromatic profile and length in the mouth: a lovely length, very woody, with plenty of fruit and liquorice.
Our verdict:
There is a cluster of five villages in the district of Kurseong in Darjeeling (West Bengal): Jabarhat, Kotidhara, Pailadhora, Tukriya and Rohini. The latter originally had more than 1,400 hectares of tea plants and was considered the biggest garden in Darjeeling before the Indochina War. However, the creation of a military camp, Khaprail, led to almost 80% of the plants being pulled up. The garden was closed for a long period of 32 years (1962 to 1994), then reopened, with around 100 hectares being planted over the first two years. Since then the garden continues to be cultivated, tea shrubs are regularly planted in small lots, and the ground is being consolidated. Nearly 100,000 plants are added every year.
This tea was harvested on 10 November 2011 on Rohini Pahar mountain at altitudes of 335 to 1,372 metres. It is an autumn plucking with fruity, woody and honey notes and an astringent texture which gives the tea plenty of character as well as a lovely length in the mouth. This has the richness and aromatic intensity of the AV2 clonal varieties.
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