Andrew and Brad purchased this from the winery on the Wildfire trip a couple years ago and gave it to me for my birthday. We were long awaiting the day when it made sense to crack the cork. Bears versus Packers on Monday Night Football...when could be better?! Dark gold color. Some very slightly reductive notes. Yellow apple, honey, oak, wet dark rock, pineapple and golden fig. On the back end there's a distinct aroma of yellow flowers - daffodils. Palate is weighty, fat and flashy. Nice roasted nutty depth - almonds, yellow raisins, vanilla and peach fuzz flavors on the front palate. The wine attacks sweet with a solid full mid palate. Great acid on the finish. Can sense the French Oak influence on the juice. More tropical than citrus fruit, but there's absolutely both present. Real pretty and real big. Enjoyed by all.
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linden and acacia. ripe round fruit but in good balance with modest oak adding a touch of vanilla to give a citrus custard note. new world fumé blanc at the top of its game.
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like the fume blanc reserve: fragrant linden and acacia tree, mandarin orange. But, with lots more of it with more complex, longer finish. More crisp and mineral, feels hotter and a bit more angular up front than the regular reserve that is a bit rounder and softer.
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2/27/2022 - LeroyHilarious wrote:
Golden color. Long gone.
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10/7/2010 - beezer6 wrote: 92 Points
Andrew and Brad purchased this from the winery on the Wildfire trip a couple years ago and gave it to me for my birthday. We were long awaiting the day when it made sense to crack the cork. Bears versus Packers on Monday Night Football...when could be better?!
Dark gold color. Some very slightly reductive notes. Yellow apple, honey, oak, wet dark rock, pineapple and golden fig. On the back end there's a distinct aroma of yellow flowers - daffodils. Palate is weighty, fat and flashy. Nice roasted nutty depth - almonds, yellow raisins, vanilla and peach fuzz flavors on the front palate. The wine attacks sweet with a solid full mid palate. Great acid on the finish. Can sense the French Oak influence on the juice. More tropical than citrus fruit, but there's absolutely both present. Real pretty and real big. Enjoyed by all.
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5/8/2009 - gdm1 wrote: 90 Points
A hint of minerality and nice aromas of citrus.
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6/10/2008 - rloomis wrote: 90 Points
linden and acacia. ripe round fruit but in good balance with modest oak adding a touch of vanilla to give a citrus custard note. new world fumé blanc at the top of its game.
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3/30/2008 - rloomis wrote: 89 Points
like the fume blanc reserve: fragrant linden and acacia tree, mandarin orange.
But, with lots more of it with more complex, longer finish. More crisp and mineral, feels hotter and a bit more angular up front than the regular reserve that is a bit rounder and softer.
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