Had this last bottle in cellar for 15yrs...loved this wine in its youth for its freshness and viognier florals...was pretty much expecting this to turn putrid...but totally wrong! What a surprise! The wine is amazingly fresh and sweet, not cloying, but not an acid freak either...just a perfect balance of honey, peach syrup, and apricot marmalade sweetness...to the dried caramel honey and savory lychee nut oil. Smells like a snifter of fine cognac...a thick mouth coating viscosity yet with an airy breeze of white flower blossoms and citrus acidity. Wonderful aged complexities of moth ball mustiness, mint, creme brûlée, tobacco spice...finishes of sweet viognier to dry cognac vapor. Totally blown away here!
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Very nice for dessert, not too sweet. Apricot and pear tastes, good viscosity. Guests each enjoyed a small glass after a big dinner ending with cheesecake. No heat.
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(NV Pride Mountain Vineyards Mistelle de Viognier) Honeyed, apricot, honeysuckle nose; very sweet, apricot, dried apricot, honey and kumquat palate iwth some spice, but lacking acidity; medium finish
1/8/2021 - Sonoma-W Likes this wine: 90 Points
pleasant, a bit sweet. Thick
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2/23/2020 - Mrbuzz Likes this wine: 94 Points
Had this last bottle in cellar for 15yrs...loved this wine in its youth for its freshness and viognier florals...was pretty much expecting this to turn putrid...but totally wrong! What a surprise! The wine is amazingly fresh and sweet, not cloying, but not an acid freak either...just a perfect balance of honey, peach syrup, and apricot marmalade sweetness...to the dried caramel honey and savory lychee nut oil. Smells like a snifter of fine cognac...a thick mouth coating viscosity yet with an airy breeze of white flower blossoms and citrus acidity. Wonderful aged complexities of moth ball mustiness, mint, creme brûlée, tobacco spice...finishes of sweet viognier to dry cognac vapor. Totally blown away here!
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8/3/2019 - marqoid wrote: 88 Points
Waited too long to drink, turned into oxidized and sweet.
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1/16/2019 - springdrive Likes this wine: 91 Points
White peach, mandarin orange, apricot, with an extremely nice honeycomb finish. Sweet, but not super sweet. Really nice.
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12/9/2018 - GJVines Likes this wine: 90 Points
Very nice for dessert, not too sweet. Apricot and pear tastes, good viscosity. Guests each enjoyed a small glass after a big dinner ending with cheesecake. No heat.
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