An over the top experience. Starts with vanilla blossom (noticeable new oak $$) and then the highest floral concentration I have ever experienced. It’s like sticking your nose in a fresh jar of super floral honey. Botrytis is obvious but it intensifies the concentration and adds that surprise element when you find that the wine is bone dry. The palate is in balance, with delicate florals, a touch of bitterness and plenty of stone minerality to compensate for the low acid. You have to turn your brain on for this one. — 4 years ago
Hard to beat for the price and all VHR fruit. — 17 days ago
Pale lemon color.
Aromas of lime, green apple,
Dry. Flavors of lemon/lime, green apple, mineral.
Intensity: 4/5
Complexity: 2/5
Balance: 5/5
Finish: 5/5 — 2 years ago
From Yesterday, Scribe Syrah, so stinking perfect, might be the best Syrah…. — 4 years ago
Lighter, red fruits. Complex and interesting — 5 years ago
This was my rating 6 years ago. A perfect 10. Now, I’d say (and thanks Spinal Tap) an 11! Thanks Lenny for an awesome dinner:
The nose immediately established this CDP as royalty, and the palate followed accordingly. Silky smooth, big and round. Black fruit, Asian spice, black truffles. Pure as heck, layered with so much going on while your nostrils are sending your brain unseen before signals of red flowers, bacon frying and fairy dust. Should not have been better than the ‘01 but it was unanimous winner blind. — 9 months ago
Vibrant and fresh — 4 years ago
Becky Neely
One of our favorites. Mark and I enjoyed it with a movie night. I would love to have it again! Perfectly balanced. Full of flavor but not overpowering. — 14 days ago