Darkish in color, suggesting skin contact. Sort of a spiced apple nose, as opposed to citrus or tropical notes. In prior vintages I've found a certain degree of funkiness but didn't here. This is clean, focussed on the white fruit end of the flavor spectrum, a bit like baked apple. Not really long or complex but nice. For me, pushes the value proposition right up to the edge.
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Give this an hour or two to open up. Big billowing nose of yellow apple, quince, yellow cherry, orange candy, fresh masa, fennel pollen, a little mint, rosemary, marzipan, honey... Medium-bodied, silky and stony, lots of mid-palate fruit, then it fades to beautiful floral, herbal and stony tones. Juicy fruit bounces back for a second on the finish, subtle tannins take precedence over the gentle acids and carry delicate herbal and mineral notes long. This should improve for a couple years, maybe much longer. Lovely!
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On Day 1, nice deep gold, I guess from the skin contact. I got almond butter with a touch of honey and ripe lemon (out of an universal glass). On the palate it was pleasantly bitter, med body+, really nice acidity with a silky finish. Paired well with my spaghetti carbonara. I couldn’t stop drinking this.
Day 2: out of a burgundy glass, I’m definitely getting some sweet fruity notes on the nose: golden apple and pink grapefruit. Some petroleum. Don’t get much of the nuttiness anymore. Again, silky and acidic on the palate. Mildly astringent finish.
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Pale gold in color; m- intensity aromas of lemon, yellow apple, almonds, slate, blossom, beeswax (a bit of heft anyway, time on lees?). Dry, nice acid, m- alc. and med bodied. Similar flavors as on nose, plus a bit of pepper. Med long finish of bitter almond and palette cleansing acid. Nice little wine!
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A golden couloured wine, a bit aromatic on the nose w. some reductive notes. A delicate mouthfeel, very fruit-driven and a refined acidic structure. Full of lemon and herbs.
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4/26/2022 - slanum wrote:
Darkish in color, suggesting skin contact. Sort of a spiced apple nose, as opposed to citrus or tropical notes. In prior vintages I've found a certain degree of funkiness but didn't here. This is clean, focussed on the white fruit end of the flavor spectrum, a bit like baked apple. Not really long or complex but nice. For me, pushes the value proposition right up to the edge.
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3/13/2022 - viniferatu Likes this wine:
Give this an hour or two to open up. Big billowing nose of yellow apple, quince, yellow cherry, orange candy, fresh masa, fennel pollen, a little mint, rosemary, marzipan, honey... Medium-bodied, silky and stony, lots of mid-palate fruit, then it fades to beautiful floral, herbal and stony tones. Juicy fruit bounces back for a second on the finish, subtle tannins take precedence over the gentle acids and carry delicate herbal and mineral notes long. This should improve for a couple years, maybe much longer. Lovely!
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3/8/2022 - Theamateurwinesnob Likes this wine:
On Day 1, nice deep gold, I guess from the skin contact. I got almond butter with a touch of honey and ripe lemon (out of an universal glass). On the palate it was pleasantly bitter, med body+, really nice acidity with a silky finish. Paired well with my spaghetti carbonara. I couldn’t stop drinking this.
Day 2: out of a burgundy glass, I’m definitely getting some sweet fruity notes on the nose: golden apple and pink grapefruit. Some petroleum. Don’t get much of the nuttiness anymore. Again, silky and acidic on the palate. Mildly astringent finish.
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12/21/2021 - tjbsmf Likes this wine:
Pale gold in color; m- intensity aromas of lemon, yellow apple, almonds, slate, blossom, beeswax (a bit of heft anyway, time on lees?). Dry, nice acid, m- alc. and med bodied. Similar flavors as on nose, plus a bit of pepper. Med long finish of bitter almond and palette cleansing acid. Nice little wine!
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7/28/2021 - JFW Likes this wine: 85 Points
Prominent white pepper, I found. Some fresh green pepper, too (according to SVR).
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5/27/2021 - tobyc Likes this wine: 91 Points
Made from Trebbiano, Malvasia and Verdicchio.
A golden couloured wine, a bit aromatic on the nose w. some reductive notes. A delicate mouthfeel, very fruit-driven and a refined acidic structure. Full of lemon and herbs.
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