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2003 E. Guigal Ermitage Blanc Ex-Voto
6/30/2012 - jeffbramwell wrote: 95 Points
Great bottle of wine. Deep, deep yellow/gold color. Opens up with nectarine/apricot/peach orchard fruit flavors complemented by some hazelnut flavors. With time (2-3 hours) the flavors turn towards pineapple, honey, creme brûlée/toffee and coconut. Very rich, with soft to mild acidity. I'd defer to those with more experience to suggest the remaining drinking window, but I'd imagine it still has quite some time left in it.
As a bit of an aside, I remember this having a waxy texture when I had it several years ago; that waxiness is still there though nowhere near as profound as I remember it being. I also remember this having a really eclectic mix of coffee, mint and other aromas that escape me now. With age, it seems like all the flavors relate more closely to one another. Perhaps it was a more compelling wine to me a few years ago, but this is still an undeniably delicious wine.
I don't like assigning such specific scores to wines, but this would be in the 94-97 range for me... really solid bottle of wine.
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2007 Adegas Galegas Albariño Don Pedro de Soutomaior
6/11/2009 - jeffbramwell wrote: 80 Points
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2001 Kilikanoon Shiraz Oracle
8/24/2008 - jeffbramwell wrote: 87 Points
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