Great, perfumy nose. Apricot and peach. Flowers. Waxy and soft mouthfeel. Almost full-bodied. Orange peel and very nice earthy spice-notes (perhaps safran). A little heat. Distinct and interesting style.
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A Sunday Barbecue with Friends (Tokyo): Clear and pretty in the glass with a typically bursting perfume of orange flower, sweet peach, and honey. Palate followed with lightly sweetish lemon on apple, more flowers and peach, hints of more tropical fruit, and a bit of unexpected mineral. The profile was just what one would expect, but it was perhaps a bit dilute. Finish showed yet more of the floral character. Reminds me that, while I enjoy one occasionally, viognier is really not my favorite grape. Not a bad example by any means and a good buy for fans of the appellation at around $30.00. Clean and uncluttered by excessive oak or sweetness. I guess my biggest complaint is that I can’t ever figure out how to drink these. Perhaps I should just close my eyes and enjoy. Would have done best as the first wine of the afternoon.
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10/28/2007 - kryelvine wrote: 90 Points
Great, perfumy nose. Apricot and peach. Flowers. Waxy and soft mouthfeel. Almost full-bodied. Orange peel and very nice earthy spice-notes (perhaps safran). A little heat. Distinct and interesting style.
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8/13/2006 - jrufusj wrote:
A Sunday Barbecue with Friends (Tokyo): Clear and pretty in the glass with a typically bursting perfume of orange flower, sweet peach, and honey. Palate followed with lightly sweetish lemon on apple, more flowers and peach, hints of more tropical fruit, and a bit of unexpected mineral. The profile was just what one would expect, but it was perhaps a bit dilute. Finish showed yet more of the floral character. Reminds me that, while I enjoy one occasionally, viognier is really not my favorite grape. Not a bad example by any means and a good buy for fans of the appellation at around $30.00. Clean and uncluttered by excessive oak or sweetness. I guess my biggest complaint is that I can’t ever figure out how to drink these. Perhaps I should just close my eyes and enjoy. Would have done best as the first wine of the afternoon.
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