Pre Release Tasting Notes:
My tasting notes:
Starbright, clear, medium+ yellow gold still hinting towards green.
In the nose: yellow apple, baked pear, fresh cut white peach, crystallized sugar, lime leaf, grapefruit zest, light toast and just proofed bread dough.
Dry, medium bodied and dense, acid is medium plus, and has a long finish. The fruits are layered with Gala, Yellow Delicious and ripe Granny Smith apples as well as Bosc Pear, toasted hazelnut, crusty bread, and creamy lees anchor the mid-palette and finish. A touch of heat at 14.1%, adds spice to the finish.
Clear, bright, and of high concentration of color – deep black/garnet with a garnet/red rim.
In the nose: black cherry, red cherry, red plum, cassis and red currant; backed with light caramel, black olive and Oak notes of bleached cedar and pine.
Very dry, and minerally with a slight iodine note reflective of Iron rich soils. The fruit is ripe, flesh driven and nearly all black: plum, currant& cherry, with a bit of black peppercorn and tar.
Acid is moderate+, (13.9%, with a slight tingle on the tip of the tongue) as is the tannin and length of finish. A balanced wine which (typical of 2006) is gorgeous aromatically. Drink from early 2010 to 2018.
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