Community Tasting Notes 8

• jlgnml Likes this wine: 94 points

  May 3, 2016 - Leeuwin Estate Tasting and Dinner (EL Ideas Chicago, IL): Out of magnum, good fruit, apricot, light on the palate, good sweetness but not a lot. Very good finish.

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• tcosgriff Likes this wine: 91 points

  January 2, 2014 - Almost tangerine color with a honeyed bouquet and flavor, showing a bit of apricot in the finish. What was intriguing about this wine is how well it had aged. It was still very much alive in 2013, and still had a fairly thick, unctuousness in the mouth. It was very reminiscent of a Sauterne at about the same age, and better than some that I have tasted. In contrast, the 1994 wine in a half-bottle was clearly beyond its prime, a general warning not to keep smaller bottles for the same time as larger.

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• MC2 Wines wrote: flawed

  February 16, 2013 - Flawed cork and bottle potentially flawed so not rating.

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• candyman wrote: 94 points

  December 11, 2011 - Beautiful deep golden color .Nose like being in an blossoming orange grove gave me Goosebumps . Very powerful. Not alcohol or too sweet just penetrating deliciousness. Fresh acidic finish. Great foil for stilton and fruit bread.

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• ZARDO wrote: 91 points

  September 5, 2011 - NIce wine. Drank from Magnum. Honey and appricot, but not as amazing as I have heard this wine can be??

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 1996
• Type White - Sweet/Dessert
• Producer Dolce Winery
• Varietal Sémillon-Sauvignon Blanc Blend
• Designation Late Harvest
• Vineyard n/a
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Napa Valley
• Appellation Napa Valley

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• Pending Delivery 1 (1%)
• In Cellars 102 (65%)
• Consumed 53 (34%)

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