Deep gold color. Honeyed straw and baked orange on the nose, with an overcast from those Sauternes barrels. Smooth, full and round on the palate. This is at a really good place right now. Acidity still there, but soft instead of crisp. Quince, citrus rind, straw, dry honey. Drink up with shrimp or whatever you're grilling this summer.
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Gold in color. Very subtle nose on opening...definitely not giving up much there. Gives quite a bit more on the palate with lychee, white grapefruit, and something nutty briefly on the finish. Good acidity from entry to finish, though, so it still fills its food-friendly purpose. Drink up if you've taken care of it.
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This wine is past its peak. The bottle I opened tonight was drab, all oak and flab, a far cry from what had been (15 months ago) an absolutely lovely, bright, fragrant and surprisingly complex wine with piercing acids and a touch of glycerol, maybe the best $10 white I've ever tried.
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Light yellow/straw color. Palate is tart and acidic with little fruit, no voluptousness, a medium-light body and a moderate finish. Because of the acidity, it would probably be good to drink with oysters or to use for cooking. I shall not be buying any more.
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6/10/2013 - iByron Likes this wine: 85 Points
Deep gold color. Honeyed straw and baked orange on the nose, with an overcast from those Sauternes barrels. Smooth, full and round on the palate. This is at a really good place right now. Acidity still there, but soft instead of crisp. Quince, citrus rind, straw, dry honey. Drink up with shrimp or whatever you're grilling this summer.
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1/26/2013 - iByron wrote:
Gold in color. Very subtle nose on opening...definitely not giving up much there. Gives quite a bit more on the palate with lychee, white grapefruit, and something nutty briefly on the finish. Good acidity from entry to finish, though, so it still fills its food-friendly purpose. Drink up if you've taken care of it.
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1/21/2006 - cse wrote: 80 Points
This wine is past its peak. The bottle I opened tonight was drab, all oak and flab, a far cry from what had been (15 months ago) an absolutely lovely, bright, fragrant and surprisingly complex wine with piercing acids and a touch of glycerol, maybe the best $10 white I've ever tried.
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2/20/2005 - PaulH wrote: 84 Points
Light yellow/straw color. Palate is tart and acidic with little fruit, no voluptousness, a medium-light body and a moderate finish. Because of the acidity, it would probably be good to drink with oysters or to use for cooking. I shall not be buying any more.
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