Opened on Christmas Eve to go along with a simple Italian meal of garlic pasta and minestrone. Not quite as buttery as La Crema or Sonoma-Cutrer. Good balance of oak and malo-lactic fermentation. Smooth on the palate, with no rough edges. Not a great match with the lightly seasoned pasta that we were serving (which we knew before opening), but would go well with chicken and some stronger seafood dishes like salmon or ahi.
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12/24/2008 - frielander wrote: 88 Points
Opened on Christmas Eve to go along with a simple Italian meal of garlic pasta and minestrone. Not quite as buttery as La Crema or Sonoma-Cutrer. Good balance of oak and malo-lactic fermentation. Smooth on the palate, with no rough edges. Not a great match with the lightly seasoned pasta that we were serving (which we knew before opening), but would go well with chicken and some stronger seafood dishes like salmon or ahi.
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