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.
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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.
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3/19/2012 - BradboBaggins Likes this wine: 91 Points
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.
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2/4/2010 - tourette wrote:
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.
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1/14/2010 - RMundell wrote: 87 Points
Waited too long on this, past it's prime.
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10/4/2008 - mhurd13 wrote:
Past its peak.
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8/4/2008 - markellen.foodies@gmail.com wrote:
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
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