Agreed with reviewer that the wine is drinking much better now than last year. Nice, balanced mid palate of vanilla and apricot. Alas, I have only one left after this one.
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vanilla and aromatics. Much better than the bottle we opened last year, which we remember a somewhat gamey and pungent. A nice surprise for a wine that is supposedly reaching the end of its shelf life.
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CIA: clr brite yellow-gold; intense nose, (1-3 yrs); lemon zest, grpfrt, baked apple, fresh herb, chive, floral, honeysuckle, little earth, butterscotch/lite oxid.; dry, not bone; full bod, creamy, MF, med a’s, but full body counters; wd in back, bal, med comp, long fin. coating mth, lite bitterness in fin.
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1/12/2007 - TuckerTini wrote: 86 Points
Agreed with reviewer that the wine is drinking much better now than last year. Nice, balanced mid palate of vanilla and apricot. Alas, I have only one left after this one.
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12/23/2006 - TuckerTini wrote: 90 Points
vanilla and aromatics. Much better than the bottle we opened last year, which we remember a somewhat gamey and pungent. A nice surprise for a wine that is supposedly reaching the end of its shelf life.
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8/6/2003 - peternelson wrote: 92 Points
CIA: clr brite yellow-gold; intense nose, (1-3 yrs); lemon zest, grpfrt, baked apple, fresh herb, chive, floral, honeysuckle, little earth, butterscotch/lite oxid.; dry, not bone; full bod, creamy, MF, med a’s, but full body counters; wd in back, bal, med comp, long fin. coating mth, lite bitterness in fin.
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