Pale golden yellow color with abundant pin prick bubbles and rich brioche, baked apple, floral, and a hint of butterscotch aromas. On the palate, it's medium-full bodied with rich mixed baked apples, ruby grapefruit flavors, wonderful acidity and minerality. Lingering finish. — 11 years ago
Documenting Wine. — 11 years ago
2008 from Grampa Bob's cellar. Delicious!! — 10 years ago
Smooth sweet taste 😊 very good Bordeaux. — 10 years ago
Surprisingly good for the price! Winner!
Ps: retested twice with bottle variation. — 11 years ago
Warm day = Pin wine — 12 years ago
A delicious wine that should show even more in the next few years. With notes of kirsch and black currant, this soft, but complex wine is delicious. It has slight herbaceous undertones that round out the fruit forwardness. Probably one of the better Chat. Du Papes from this vintage. — 10 years ago
Retouche is a tribute to the "hermitaging" of wines in Bordeaux. Classic Cab Sauv characteristics accented and enhanced by Syrah. A fine example of a wine that is so much more because of blending.
See Wineshout.com for more deets. — 10 years ago
Le Vieux Pin 2012 Petit Sigma Blanc - picture a fragrant apple orchard ...that a honey melon truck has crashed into. Take a whiff of that fruity beauty :-) — 11 years ago
Jim McCusker
From their first vintage, this is a merlot-driven meritage. Hard to pin down in terms of flavors - an unusual combination of primary and secondary components - that actually improved in the glass. I'm a bit more partial to their more recent vintages, but still a terrific wine. — 10 years ago