Pale straw-yellow. Musky yellow fruits and clove on the nose. Concentrated, tactile and sweet, but not quite as pristine as the 2009. Chewy nectarine fruit dominates the middle palate and carries through the surprisingly...
Pale straw-yellow. Musky yellow fruits and clove on the nose. Concentrated, tactile and sweet, but not quite as pristine as the 2009. Chewy nectarine fruit dominates the middle palate and carries through the surprisingly firm finish. The crop level here was just 40 hectoliters per hectare, according to Riffault. A big boy, but much less oaky than my barrel sample a year ago.
- By Stephen Tanzer on September 2010