there is a brown sugar note here that for me, throws things off balance. this is a lush wine, not a narrow and focused laser, this one has some fat. it shows cleanly and has nice fruit, but just not all that fresh, and devoid of the mineral quality that i am used to from this producer's wines from this place.
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Medium straw, hint of gold. Creamy, quite rich nose, lightly honeyed with pear fruit and a light floral note. Medium/full bodied on the palate, indeed quite full and rich with ripe pear fruit, nicely integrated creamy oak, honeyed but with fresh acidity on a very good length finish which is starting to show an attractive note of soil. Relatively complex and quite long, this is showing really well and I would imagine is pretty much at its peak. Now and over the next 6-12 months.
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Pale/medium lemon. Fresh, relatively intense nose of white flowers, oak and a hint of spice. Good depth on the palate, floral flavours on the mid-palate, vanilla oak, then citrussy/limey notes on a good length finish. Not overly complex but tasty, balanced and quite concentrated. Perhaps a little too oaky.
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11/25/2009 - brooklynguy wrote: 87 Points
there is a brown sugar note here that for me, throws things off balance. this is a lush wine, not a narrow and focused laser, this one has some fat. it shows cleanly and has nice fruit, but just not all that fresh, and devoid of the mineral quality that i am used to from this producer's wines from this place.
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6/27/2009 - Paul D wrote: 89 Points
Medium straw, hint of gold. Creamy, quite rich nose, lightly honeyed with pear fruit and a light floral note. Medium/full bodied on the palate, indeed quite full and rich with ripe pear fruit, nicely integrated creamy oak, honeyed but with fresh acidity on a very good length finish which is starting to show an attractive note of soil. Relatively complex and quite long, this is showing really well and I would imagine is pretty much at its peak. Now and over the next 6-12 months.
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2/7/2009 - Paul D wrote: flawed
Oxidised
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9/11/2008 - Paul D wrote: 86 Points
Pale/medium lemon. Fresh, relatively intense nose of white flowers, oak and a hint of spice. Good depth on the palate, floral flavours on the mid-palate, vanilla oak, then citrussy/limey notes on a good length finish. Not overly complex but tasty, balanced and quite concentrated. Perhaps a little too oaky.
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6/17/2008 - Paul D wrote: flawed
Suspiciously dark colour - butterscoutch and caramel nose lacks any freshness. Oxidised - and a 2004!
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