Spectacular! Wine of the night even against a top line-up of 2010 Cote Roties from Guigal and Rostaing. Beautiful golden yellow. All the waxy and richness of the Hermitage but a beautiiful lemon core that brought freshness. The nose is full of honeysuckle, vanilla and abricots transports you. Rhone whites are so special and this was particularly good. Served from magnum bottle and not decanted but opened 2 hours before serving.
Medium reflective gold. Sweet banana leaf on the nose with a bit of Meyer Lemon and kumquat that comes out over time. Positively zinging with compressed energy with strong acids that I haven’t seen in many (if any) Northern Rhône whites.
Unctuous texture and the acids leave the tongue tingling. Starchy notes with lemon water, guava, pineapple, and a melange of tropical fruits. Spectacular.
Just wonderful! Lots of tropical fruit and well integrated oak. Dried herbs on the finish. Paired great with grilled lemon-basil chicken over olive oil/basil/lemon/tomato pasta.
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Just not getting much here. Waited more than a year after last bottle. Faint tropical fruits and mushroom on the nose, tropical fruit on the palate. Two hour decant softened it a little. Well-balanced, but didn’t seem to have long finish of last year’s bottle. Good match with roast chicken with morels and cream, but expensive bottle for a pedestrian wine experience. I’ll wait at least another year to try again.
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3/17/2024 - Lollipop Likes this wine: 98 Points
Spectacular! Wine of the night even against a top line-up of 2010 Cote Roties from Guigal and Rostaing. Beautiful golden yellow. All the waxy and richness of the Hermitage but a beautiiful lemon core that brought freshness. The nose is full of honeysuckle, vanilla and abricots transports you. Rhone whites are so special and this was particularly good. Served from magnum bottle and not decanted but opened 2 hours before serving.
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8/3/2022 - TexasBob Likes this wine: 94 Points
Medium reflective gold. Sweet banana leaf on the nose with a bit of Meyer Lemon and kumquat that comes out over time. Positively zinging with compressed energy with strong acids that I haven’t seen in many (if any) Northern Rhône whites.
Unctuous texture and the acids leave the tongue tingling. Starchy notes with lemon water, guava, pineapple, and a melange of tropical fruits. Spectacular.
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8/27/2020 - ihavezinned wrote: 94 Points
Just wonderful! Lots of tropical fruit and well integrated oak. Dried herbs on the finish. Paired great with grilled lemon-basil chicken over olive oil/basil/lemon/tomato pasta.
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4/25/2020 - jepstein4031 wrote: 88 Points
Just not getting much here. Waited more than a year after last bottle. Faint tropical fruits and mushroom on the nose, tropical fruit on the palate. Two hour decant softened it a little. Well-balanced, but didn’t seem to have long finish of last year’s bottle. Good match with roast chicken with morels and cream, but expensive bottle for a pedestrian wine experience. I’ll wait at least another year to try again.
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4/1/2020 - sunnylea57 Likes this wine: 92 Points
Deep golden honey colour. Delicious and beautifully balanced. Honeydew melon, pear, vanilla, almond paste, and a judicious level of waxiness.
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