Half bottle, deep gold. Very viscous. Drank together with a half of '11 Climens (which was not particularly fair on the Rayne Vigneau!).
An absolute tidal wave of sugar - pretty massive initially, albeit with not a particularly long finish. Pretty syrupy. I suspect this would have (and indeed has on previous occasions) fared much better if not drunk as a comparison.
I've got a bottle left, which I'll serve in lieu of pudding. It's very good pudding wine, just a bit OTT on the sweetness and didn't feel particularly balanced.
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Nose big fruit of apricot and rhubarb, seawater. apple on palate, apricot, rhubarb, plenty sweet, but has acid supporting sweetness - nice mix, and no obvious oak to mess with it.
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After having actually visited this winery during an August, 2018 AMA Waterways Bordeaux cruise/land and consuming the split we bought there, ran into the last full 750 bottle at Applejacks in the Denver area and went with my wife's pecan pie so well, even though it is 12 years old now. Sweet orange zest/sweet pineapple with a wonderful finish. Highly recommend, but don't see this aging further, so drink now. God Save Rayne--Vigneau as the sign inside the winery says! A first growth/cru classe' still well-deserving.
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Complex and interesting tropical aroma. Juicy orange juice flavor with notes of dried apricot and mango. Intensely sticky sweet with not enough acidity — lacks balance. Dense and concentrated. Good, not great.
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12/29/2022 - Chiefwino59 Likes this wine: 92 Points
Excellent layers of flavor, dried apricots, floral nose, great with duck liver pate
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3/25/2022 - Jamieson12o wrote: 89 Points
Half bottle, deep gold. Very viscous. Drank together with a half of '11 Climens (which was not particularly fair on the Rayne Vigneau!).
An absolute tidal wave of sugar - pretty massive initially, albeit with not a particularly long finish. Pretty syrupy. I suspect this would have (and indeed has on previous occasions) fared much better if not drunk as a comparison.
I've got a bottle left, which I'll serve in lieu of pudding. It's very good pudding wine, just a bit OTT on the sweetness and didn't feel particularly balanced.
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12/31/2021 - lake.vino Likes this wine: 93 Points
Nose big fruit of apricot and rhubarb, seawater. apple on palate, apricot, rhubarb, plenty sweet, but has acid supporting sweetness - nice mix, and no obvious oak to mess with it.
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11/25/2021 - Z1nnfull Likes this wine: 92 Points
After having actually visited this winery during an August, 2018 AMA Waterways Bordeaux cruise/land and consuming the split we bought there, ran into the last full 750 bottle at Applejacks in the Denver area and went with my wife's pecan pie so well, even though it is 12 years old now. Sweet orange zest/sweet pineapple with a wonderful finish.
Highly recommend, but don't see this aging further, so drink now.
God Save Rayne--Vigneau as the sign inside the winery says!
A first growth/cru classe' still well-deserving.
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8/21/2021 - Wine_Poobah wrote: 90 Points
Complex and interesting tropical aroma. Juicy orange juice flavor with notes of dried apricot and mango. Intensely sticky sweet with not enough acidity — lacks balance. Dense and concentrated. Good, not great.
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