Good nose. I get vanilla and tropical fruit and some green apple. It was better this time around. A little too much alcohol for me on the palate but there is some light fruit flavors to tone down the heat. Pretty good, but not one of my favorites.
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Drinking warm was worse than a day later in the fridge. Initially it was too oaky, but now chilled the oak subsided. I still get a toasty oak aroma with some tropical notes and maybe a little marshmallow. Again, initially I was overwhelmed by oak, but after chilled it is gone and I am left with lemon and pineapple flavors and a nice acid finish. Bottom line, if I have to chill it to be good, it isn't worth a repeat purchase.
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7/5/2012 - Madkat wrote: flawed
Thinking maybe this was a bad bottle as was not up to Dry Creek standards.
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1/22/2011 - rjrausch wrote: 87 Points
Good nose. I get vanilla and tropical fruit and some green apple. It was better this time around. A little too much alcohol for me on the palate but there is some light fruit flavors to tone down the heat. Pretty good, but not one of my favorites.
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11/2/2010 - wineywhites wrote: 87 Points
Yummy! Ripe, golden delicious apples, with nice acidity.
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5/13/2010 - rjrausch Does not like this wine: 84 Points
Drinking warm was worse than a day later in the fridge. Initially it was too oaky, but now chilled the oak subsided. I still get a toasty oak aroma with some tropical notes and maybe a little marshmallow. Again, initially I was overwhelmed by oak, but after chilled it is gone and I am left with lemon and pineapple flavors and a nice acid finish. Bottom line, if I have to chill it to be good, it isn't worth a repeat purchase.
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