A sum greater than the parts wine. Nothing subtle about the cavity filling aromas when you dip your nose below the rim: lemon zest, grapefruit, pineapple, fruit stand, some barn loft and the impression of sweetness extends your neck to pull back a little; iterative flavors of citrus, grass, fleeting vanilla and pineapple yield to a long and persistently bitter finish. If you allow yourself, that bitterness could steal all of your attention. But if you step back, all of the above, along with a smooth mouthfeel and decent acidity sums positively. We like it.
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Bouquet: Lemon, fresh grass, hickory, mellow pinenut mid a d sunflower - nice hay and floral overtones. Palate: minor front sweetness and mid tang, wet and silky finish, simple but consistently pleasant!
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2/13/2013 - Onthelees Likes this wine: 87 Points
A sum greater than the parts wine. Nothing subtle about the cavity filling aromas when you dip your nose below the rim: lemon zest, grapefruit, pineapple, fruit stand, some barn loft and the impression of sweetness extends your neck to pull back a little; iterative flavors of citrus, grass, fleeting vanilla and pineapple yield to a long and persistently bitter finish. If you allow yourself, that bitterness could steal all of your attention. But if you step back, all of the above, along with a smooth mouthfeel and decent acidity sums positively. We like it.
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1/17/2013 - DruStemm wrote: 89 Points
Bouquet: Lemon, fresh grass, hickory, mellow pinenut mid a d sunflower - nice hay and floral overtones. Palate: minor front sweetness and mid tang, wet and silky finish, simple but consistently pleasant!
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1/4/2013 - paulst Likes this wine: 88 Points
Austere with minerally slate and a wine of place (Loire); lengthened with open time to nice spice tinged, slatey, minerally, lemon based fruit.
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12/17/2012 - Nutty08 wrote: 86 Points
Light and crisp, with a soft palate. Some lemon zest and mineral. A fine food wine but quite simple.
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10/13/2012 - Winesparrow wrote: 79 Points
Started off right but then had an unpleasant and bitter aftertaste.
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