I had the opportunity to purchase and share a bottle of the 2008 vintage of this wine a few days ago. This one is very different. This is a lot less vibrant, and way more earthy and grainy. Not all bad, just different. Those secondary flavors have really come forefront with just another year of bottle age. I also have to say, there is a bit of oxidation influencing the flavors and aromas of this wine. Still very golden color. It may be a little tired, there was a screw cap so we don't have cork issues. This one is probably a little thicker in viscosity. The nose has lemon peel. crushed honeysuckle flower, fresh cut ginger root, and grapefruit. The entry to the palate is wet slate first, then a sweeter than expected orange peel and apricot laced honeydew melon. As it coats the palate, some almost pure lemon drop flavors take over. This is very nice, and my thought process keeps changing with every sip. There is also some really tasty flavor that reminds me of Dannon apricot yogurt, with some cinnamon spice. What I originally though was oxidation is actually a wine served too cold, and maybe in need of swirling, or dare we say, the vinturi? As we drink down the glass, and it warms, things really change to a cinnamon spicy orange peel that made me up the score twice already. I'm liking this a lot. The feeling on the tongue is lemonade and honey. The vibrancy is waking up on the finish leaving a lanolin coated lemon infused, spicy pear and apricot. Very nice.
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3/20/2013 - wdlohr wrote: 81 Points
This wine smells of apricot melon and chalk but the taste is muddied and harsh at the extremes. Too tangy then too flat, not very enjoyable.
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3/19/2012 - Mike Kopanski wrote: 89 Points
I had the opportunity to purchase and share a bottle of the 2008 vintage of this wine a few days ago. This one is very different. This is a lot less vibrant, and way more earthy and grainy. Not all bad, just different. Those secondary flavors have really come forefront with just another year of bottle age. I also have to say, there is a bit of oxidation influencing the flavors and aromas of this wine. Still very golden color. It may be a little tired, there was a screw cap so we don't have cork issues. This one is probably a little thicker in viscosity. The nose has lemon peel. crushed honeysuckle flower, fresh cut ginger root, and grapefruit. The entry to the palate is wet slate first, then a sweeter than expected orange peel and apricot laced honeydew melon. As it coats the palate, some almost pure lemon drop flavors take over. This is very nice, and my thought process keeps changing with every sip. There is also some really tasty flavor that reminds me of Dannon apricot yogurt, with some cinnamon spice. What I originally though was oxidation is actually a wine served too cold, and maybe in need of swirling, or dare we say, the vinturi? As we drink down the glass, and it warms, things really change to a cinnamon spicy orange peel that made me up the score twice already. I'm liking this a lot. The feeling on the tongue is lemonade and honey. The vibrancy is waking up on the finish leaving a lanolin coated lemon infused, spicy pear and apricot. Very nice.
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12/3/2009 - bobbert wrote: 88 Points
Bright, dry
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4/8/2009 - hutch wrote: 84 Points
Wine Marketing Tasting (Newport): Sweet on nose. High acidity. Lean. Ok. 84-85
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