A weary opening bouquet of black raisins and plums; further aeration only arouses meek, off-dry scents of tobacco, oak and fruit candy. Palate entry at least offers tastes of baked banana, pear drops and guava; midpalate the flavor turns sap- and maple-like. Finishes sappy sweet, moderately fruity and pleasant. Best Buy.
— P.P.
(8/1/2004)
Fruity, animated aroma are followed by assertive fragrances of gum, grapefruit, pineapple and white raisins. Palate entry is fresh, grapy and maple-sweet; midpalate the flavor profile suffers from a flash of raw spirity heat and a trace of dullness/flatness. Finishes sweet, a tad lean, banana- and caramel-like.
— P.P.
(8/1/2004)
Aroma is of limp vegetation and hard candy. Palate entry is pleasantly sap-like and sweet; midpalate features traces of oaky, vanilla-like character and eventually a round, even supple ripe grapiness that lasts well into the aftertaste. Decent once past the subdued bouquet.
— P.P.
(8/1/2004)