March 19, 2012 - Still alive and well, this has a medium body, nice acidity and still some fruit. The secondary flavors are rounding in nicely, as well as just a hint of oxidation from its age. Really pretty delicious, use in place of a bigger chard.
February 4, 2010 - I was very interested in how this wine would be, given the two sides in the tasting notes "Way past its prime" vs. "Not at all past its prime". I think both are right. Its drastically different than the young white coats. From what I understand, this is a feature of the Rousanne grape. Good in youth, then shuts down, then different but good with age.
It has a strong yellow color. I remarked that it looked like caramel or gold. My wife thought it looked like pee. Strong melons with caramel on the palate. Tasty, but also pretty flabby. I liked it, but not as much as in its youth. My wife really didn't care for it. Withholding a score, since its a confusing bottle, but if I had to give it a score based on this showing, I'd say 88.
January 14, 2010 - Waited too long on this, past it's prime.
October 4, 2008 - Past its peak.
August 4, 2008 - French Bakery BYO ABC Dinner; 8/4/2008-8/7/2008 (The French Bakery, 1023 Kane Concourse, Bay Harbor Islands, Florida): 8/7 David's wine
July 14, 2008 - Delicious! Surprisingly so, as I've been opening some really disappointing bottles of other White Coat vintages. It had a nice bit of butter, and good fruit: pineapple, banana, and lychee, the sort of thing that I like in this wine. It was deficient in acidity, but otherwise quite pleasant. I didn't notice the 14.6% alcohol. I served this one much colder than usual, and I wonder if that helped somehow.
August 26, 2007 - Based on the notes of others, we expected this to be well passed its peak. It still had much to offer. The "coat" showed lots of fruit, a well balanced integration of oak and much less butter than others have noted. We are looking forward to our last of this vintage.
July 14, 2007 - Dinner at Roberta & David Errenreich's. David w the Zucchini and Dill soup which was excellent. Very enjoyable rousanne marsanne blend which has picked up a slight pink note with age.
February 16, 2006 - With 14.6% alc/vol, this wine was always going to be a bit on the hot side, but it was still quite nice when tasted at the winery a couple of years ago. Definitely waited too long to drink this one. If mouthwash came in a brown apple flavor, and you mixed it half and half with water, this is what you'd get. Definitely over the hill. Drink whatever you have immediately and cross your fingers that your bottle aged better than mine.
November 5, 2005 - LEMON AND BUTTERSCOTCH IN THE NOSE WITH CITRUS IN THE FLAVOR. MEDIUM LENGTH FINISH.