Beautiful deep gold color with a fat and generous nose of caramel and
> grapefruit. In the mouth very chewy, burnt caramel, acacia honey, > pineapple,
> vanilla and melons, a nice finish veering towards bitter orange rind. Big > and bold
> but well balanced -- not too fruit forward -- and with (I thought) well > integrated
> oak, a lovely example of a CA chardonnay in the "traditional CA" style.
Hi, Emery -
See, now here's the reason I sent that bottle off to you: You write a _lot_ better stuff about my wine than I possibly could! :^D
To my palate this will get better over the next couple of years, but was
> delicious now as well. Very powerful, it did not really flatter the > simple
> grilled trout (although the trout high-lit the wine!) and would stand up
> very well on its own or as wine-maker Tom S. suggests, with a good cigar.
The cigar pairing was an accident that happened to work out well. I generally advocate something rich, like grilled salmon instead.
My thanks to Tom and Mike T. who enabled us to taste this great example
> of pure CA fruit. I look forward to trying the '02 soon.
My pleasure. :^)
I don't know what the commercial name will be finally, but you lovers of
> great, classic CA chards should definitely seek this one out. Now all we
> need to do is set up some european distribution!
I haven't yet settled on a name, but European distribution appeals to me. I'd do it if I could figure out how to set it up. Any ideas?
Tom S