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RGCM Gananda Likes this wine:

Monday, December 25, 2017 - My first bottle in almost three years (prior was January 2015) and this remains young and firmly on an excellent, long-term upward trajectory. Floral notes, lots of orchard fruit and a tart orange quality on the nose. Medium bodied (8.5% ABV) and opened at 44F (which was far too cold, warming to 50F and showed better on that end of the range. All orchard fruit upfront (peach, pear, melon and apple) with incredible intensity and depth through the middle. There's lots of acidity here, but there's so much fruit as well that the wine shows as rich, but structured with a lot of complexity. Grapefruit and tart orange shows up in the background along with the first tropical hints. The acidity, tartness, mineral notes and especially the citrus qualities linger long on the finish. As impressively as this wine shows today, once it truly opens up as well as develops the fruit-acidity integration, it has even higher future potential. I love the drive, richness and intensity of these young spatleses and luckily have enough bottles that it doesn't truly feel like I'm drinking them too young. I will be patient for my next bottle and save it until early 2020.

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