Shiny yellow gold. Citrus, tropical fruits, mango, yellow peach, apricot, shellfish, orange peel and minerality. Elegant, complex and crisp. Very long, dry, saline finish. It didn't feel 23 years of age. Prime window to drink now and for the few years to come.
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served almost immediately after opening. Good nose of petrol, but more oxidized than expected. Acidity was not so sharp here. Second pour around 40 minutes after opening, and the wine was colder and showed more polyurethane. Still more sweet and rounded than expected. Pretty nice.
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Blind from half bottle, decanted. High petro and very Riesling, although looking back at my note from four years ago today it only offers the yellow fruit and maybe a touch of floral aromatics. Loosing structure, not really what it should be after aging. 91-92
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French White Wine Afternoon on a Beautiful Summer Day (Seattle): Half bottle. Deep yellow color. Expressive ripe yellow peach. Rounder, more glycerine, and less austere than the 2007. A completely different animal, fully mature and showing secondary notes such as petrol. A treat to taste and a terrific showing. Thank you, Don.
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huge nose of petrol, white flowers, very fragrant. Slight hint of bitter lemon. Drinking nicely with some maturity on it. Some honey showed up 30 minutes after opening, and this just got better over the course of the evening. Sooo alluring.
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8/24/2023 - GuanYu Likes this wine: 94 Points
Shiny yellow gold. Citrus, tropical fruits, mango, yellow peach, apricot, shellfish, orange peel and minerality. Elegant, complex and crisp. Very long, dry, saline finish. It didn't feel 23 years of age. Prime window to drink now and for the few years to come.
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6/13/2023 - Peech Likes this wine: 92 Points
served almost immediately after opening. Good nose of petrol, but more oxidized than expected. Acidity was not so sharp here. Second pour around 40 minutes after opening, and the wine was colder and showed more polyurethane. Still more sweet and rounded than expected. Pretty nice.
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8/15/2022 - hprphf wrote: 92 Points
Blind from half bottle, decanted. High petro and very Riesling, although looking back at my note from four years ago today it only offers the yellow fruit and maybe a touch of floral aromatics. Loosing structure, not really what it should be after aging. 91-92
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7/23/2022 - drwine2001 wrote:
French White Wine Afternoon on a Beautiful Summer Day (Seattle): Half bottle. Deep yellow color. Expressive ripe yellow peach. Rounder, more glycerine, and less austere than the 2007. A completely different animal, fully mature and showing secondary notes such as petrol. A treat to taste and a terrific showing. Thank you, Don.
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3/29/2022 - Peech Likes this wine: 95 Points
huge nose of petrol, white flowers, very fragrant. Slight hint of bitter lemon. Drinking nicely with some maturity on it. Some honey showed up 30 minutes after opening, and this just got better over the course of the evening. Sooo alluring.
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