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“Another sample I selected from Nannuoshan. Picked this one mostly for its age. This is another one with no cakes, only different sample sizes. And I can’t find any cakes elsewhere of this one,...” Read full tasting note
For lovers of complex aged Shengs.
Take the leaves from proper Gushu trees, estimated to be over 800 years old. Add the expertise of a medical doctor from the Tea and Health Research Institute at Central South University (中南大学), along with the centuries-old tea tradition of the Hani people. Let them craft the tea in their Hani Ancient Tea Factory (哈尼古茶厂), and then allow it to age and mellow in Hong Kong—since 2007, in this case. What you get is a true masterpiece of tea, mind-expanding in its complexity and body effect. A complexity that the tea manages combining fragrance, mouthfeel, and taste into a harmonious, elegant, and refined whole. The nose is caressed by warm and sweet notes ranging from wild honey and salted caramel to a deep floral fragrance. The taste follows suit, transitioning from toffee and fragrant wood, with a hint of vanilla and honey sweetness, to a perfume-like, persistent aftertaste that somehow combines the fruitiness of dried plums with the florality of orchids. There is no astringency at all; instead, a soft and mellow mouthfeel rounds off a thoroughly comforting experience. A must-try for any serious explorer of aged Sheng Pu’Er!
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Another sample I selected from Nannuoshan. Picked this one mostly for its age. This is another one with no cakes, only different sample sizes. And I can’t find any cakes elsewhere of this one, either :(((. Though, given it looks like an 800 g cake, I probs couldn’t afford one anyways haha.
Very large and whole leaves in this sample. Fairly dark too for its age.
Their website says aged in Hong Kong, though it does not taste at all like traditional “Hong Kong storage” a la Yee On Tea. This one is also incredibly sweet, like the 2011 Bingdao, though not quite to the same degree. The main thing holding this tea back is that the initial intensity and sweetness falls off fairly steeply after 3-4 infusions. Still an amazing tea and with longevity exceeding 12-15 infusions, but not as good as the Bingdao.
I think that at this point, Nannuoshan is my favorite vendor of puerh. I now want to sample every single puerh on their website as these have been absolutely phenomenal!
Location: Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan, China
Producer: Hani Ancient Tea Factory
Cultivar: Da Ye Zhong
Flavors: Fruity, Juicy, Medicinal, Smoke, Spices, Sweet
