So I was at a performance of a local theater company which had a silent auction going. They had a few different lots of wine which I bid on, and won. This is one of the wines in question. At a retail cost of $12, this is almost certainly too old to drink. A slight petrol thing, some floral notes, with an array of unripe tropical fruit - pineapple and papaya.
Not a hint of sugar on this one - dry to the bone. A dried unripe fruit quality - take an unripe pineapple and dehydrate it, it probably tastes like this. Maybe some peach or nectarine, even melon of the cantaloupe variety, even a bit of green grape - once again, all unripe. Some floral qualities too, this may be the first wine (in quite a while, if not ever) that I've gotten very distinct rosewater from. Don't drink this one any colder than "cool," it is far better closer to room temp.
The dry, unripe, dried fruit thing continues on the finish.
Certainly well made, but not quite to my palate. If you have one of these in the cellar, it's probably time to pop it open.
Score: 85
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