Verité 1998 La Joie Red (Sonoma County)
85 poengFirmly tannic and rather mouth-numbing even at five years of age. Enters with a hard edge and finishes tough and gritty. Will it age? There are some black cherry flavors inside, but it's a gamble.
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Firmly tannic and rather mouth-numbing even at five years of age. Enters with a hard edge and finishes tough and gritty. Will it age? There are some black cherry flavors inside, but it's a gamble.
Restrained in style, with modest pear and honey notes tinged with a toasty, mealy edge. Shows some nice creaminess to the midpalate, then fades gradually on the finish. Drink now.
A full wine, balanced with an attractive citrus character and some creamy texture. There is also an edge of tannin that makes it a good, fresh, food wine.
Not one of the best Cabs from this venerable winery. Despite a cool vintage, there's a burnt edge to the blackberry pie filling flavors. Tasted in late 2007, the tannins are very astringent, and shut…
This wine is earthy, with a yeasty edge. It offers plenty of Touriga Nacional's perfumed fruit although this is masked by a barnyard character that needs to blow away. The wine requires another year…
Crisp, red hedgerow fruits and wild strawberries add to the acidity in this wine. There is an edge of greenness, but there is also some weight. Certainly not a powerful wine.
Buttercup aromas give a sense that this wine is right on the edge. And it probably is; it's an '06 with ripe, soft, melony flavors and lots of pineapple and mango on the finish. Big and fruity now, b…
Beef jerky and smoked bacon come to mind and are followed by mellow tones of black cherry, ripe fruit and old spice. There's a sophisticated edge to this wine that helps it taste older than it actual…
Light and fruity, this wine has blackberry flavors to balance its soft texture and dusty tannins. The wine has an earthy edge to go with its simple fruit and lively acidity. Drink now.
Finely structured, this is a fruity wine with bright cherry fruit and acidity. It has a drier edge that gives it texture and shape. The fresher aftertaste gives the wine a fruity lift. Drink now.
This is a tight wine, firm with tannins and with a bitter edge. Jammy cherry fruits lie behind this structure, along with acidity. The wine will soften and be ready to drink from 2018.
Tons of upfront fruity flavor mark this crisp, tannic wine. It's almost sweet in jammy cherries and blackberries, with a smoked meat edge of bacon and caramelized notes from oak. Could be drier and h…
Spiced-apple aromas lead to a soft, perfumed wine that has a crisp, fruity edge. The apple and green-plum flavors give attractive acidity. Drink now.
A lively, juicy wine, with pepper, cinnamon and green herbs. The fruits are red berry and rhubarb, giving a wine that is both fruity and edged with rawness. The acidity is prominent, layering over th…
Ripe and smooth, this rich wine has enough fruitiness and acidity to give a crisper edge, although it is more about a warm, spicy character. Drink now.
The simplest wine in the Donabaum portfolio, a lively, fresh apples and cream flavored wine that makes a great apéritif style. There's just the right edge of crispness to add to the pleasure. Screwca…
Denne kypriotiske vinen har en krydret, litt kandisert fruktaroma som leder inn i smaksnoter av krydderboks med både salt og søtt. Duftende, frisk og kompleks, det er en tydelig stil med en mystisk k…
Ikke helt moden, med en vegetabilsk, urteaktig kant til kirsebær- og bringebærfrukten. Syren er fin og frisk, og teksturen er vakkert silkeaktig, men den grønne tonen distraherer og begrenser aldring…
Smaker ikke helt moden, med en vintergrønn, mintaktig kant til bringebærene og kirsebærene. Sukker-søt i avslutningen også. Viser utfordringene med denne svært kjølige årgangen.
Nesen på denne røde dessertvinen er interessant, med en kombinasjon av blomsterfriskhet og sedertre- og tobakkskrydder. I munnen har den en tyngre karakter, med tørket frukt, rosin og tobakksmak. En…
Røyk, kirsebær og bjørnebærdufter åpner denne krydrede, eksotiske Syrah. Jerk-kylling og tørr krydderrubbing er de dominerende smakene på ganen—tenk krydret, piggete og livlige smaker. Vinen kunne ha…
Litt overmoden og umoden rundt kantene, med mint- og fyldige rosin-smaker som rammer inn de svarte kirsebærene og sedertreet. God, men rustikk, og klar nå.
Dette er en skuffelse. Vinen er syrlig, stilkete og samtidig lett. Den har en kant av grønt som antyder umodne frukter. Utvikler seg raskt.
Denne Chardonnayen har fin syre og til og med noe mineralitet som gir en frisk kant til modne tropiske frukt-, fersken- og sitrussmaker. Den er derimot kraftig eiket, og har en myk modenhet som gjør…