Winery - Croze
* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Sweetness isn’t the problem here. The wine is powerful in late harvest, caramelized sugar. The issue is concentration. The fruit is thin, leaving high alcohol to star.
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Croze Port - 2006
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
At the age of four this Cab is probably at its best. It’s a good, solid wine, dry and full-bodied, offering true varietal character. The flavors of blackberries, currants and chocolate are wrapped into firm tannins.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Despite the single-vineyard designation and relatively high price, this is a simple Sauvignon Blanc, with direct flavors of pineapple jam, fig and smoky vanilla. The main problem is excessive sweetness.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Sweet, with cooked pie filling cherry and raspberry flavors and a slight vegginess. Soft acidity adds to the mouthfeel of flabbiness.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
This full-bodied wine has a taste of wild herbs, especially lavender, and a robust, silky texture. It’s dry, with brambly flavors, and more Rhône-like than a Napa Cab. Has the balance and complexity for fine foods.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Dark for a rose, full-bodied and very dry, with flavors of rosés and blackberry tea. There’s a rich, intense finish of berries.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Dark in color, but it opens with clumsy aromas of vegetables, and the flavors are lean and alcoholic. Seems more like an unripe 1998 than a ’99. The austerity merely accentuates the acids and tannins.
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November 12, 2008
This wine nicely blurs the line between rosé and red, and tastes great chilled on a hot summer night.
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