December 25, 2023 - Lovely this time and getting better.
December 3, 2023 - Sauternes Chinese Banquet Dinner: Half bottle. Light color. Honied, pineapple nose. Lovely medium weight and only moderate sweetness. Average acidity and slightly harsh finish but overall nice balance.
December 3, 2023 - All Sauternes, All Night (R & G Lounge, SF): A nice warm up to the night. A bit of green-herb-vanilla characteristic of American oak, but obviously doesn't see any of that. Fresh squeezed orange, a little marmalade, lighter botrytis spice, a bit of menthol that I've never had in Sauternes before. Lighter-medium bodied; fine boned. Doesn't quite have the wow of some of the later wines.
December 3, 2023 - All-sauternes dinner; 12/2/2023-12/3/2023 (R&G Lounge, San Francisco): From 375mL. Aromatic, honeyed white flowers, slight mint and herbal; balanced, sweet but balanced, elegant, white flowers; finish is medium to medium-plus. I like this more than my previous bottle from 2020. 90
Day 3: Still nicely balanced with more tropical fruit, pineapple. Lovely sauternes, but definitely an unfair comparison with the other wines we had on the table.
October 22, 2023 - Quite delicious in every way
October 1, 2023 - Opened alongside an otherwise similar 2016. NOSE: dried mushroom, sultana, roasted meats, citron, candied orange peel, mature fig. MOUTH: gathered, impacted sweetness gives shape to savory spice and woods. Entombed mineral bitterness levers up its appetite stimulation.
January 1, 2023 - PnP. Properly deepened colour consistent with the age. Scent of honey, marzipan and dried apricots. Elegance and harmony, and suitable to drink with a range of dishes. And on its own, of course. Delightful and excellent.
December 29, 2022 - Nice showing, color is definitely mature, orange color, a little light
Dust flavor, honey, slight plastic pool toy, cantelope, hint of pineapple, slight lemon zest, orange zest. Quite nice, but still lacking a bit of weight. The orange zest was especially nice.
December 11, 2022 - No mistakes, good fruit, beautiful botrytis.
November 26, 2022 - Almost an Armagnac color. Amber brown.
More floral than fruit. Honey suckle, bergamot tea, overripe apricot, pineapple, good acid on palette. More herbal than fruit and plastic pool toy. Some orange zest bitterness on palette. I am surprised that is not very viscus. A bit disappointed with the short finish. Nice wine though.