A mildly peppery and spicy aroma precedes unbridled, multilayered scents of bacon fat, oak resin, buttered corn and toasted honeywheat bread. Palate entry is firm, assertive, moderately oily and grainy sweet; the midpalate flavor offers bittersweet, harmonious flavors of tobacco leaf, caramel, nougat, pine needle and sautéed almonds. Concludes sweet, moderately oily and luscious. Rivals the now-legendary 1990 vintage in presence.
A mildly peppery and spicy aroma precedes unbridled, multilayered scents of bacon fat, oak resin, buttered corn and toasted honeywheat bread. Palate entry is firm, assertive, moderately oily and grainy sweet; the midpalate flavor offers bittersweet, harmonious flavors of tobacco leaf, caramel, nougat, pine needle and sautéed almonds. Concludes sweet, moderately oily and luscious. Rivals the now-legendary 1990 vintage in presence.
A mildly peppery and spicy aroma precedes unbridled, multilayered scents of bacon fat, oak resin, buttered corn and toasted honeywheat bread. Palate entry is firm, assertive, moderately oily and grainy sweet; the midpalate flavor offers bittersweet, harmonious flavors of tobacco leaf, caramel, nougat, pine needle and sautéed almonds. Concludes sweet, moderately oily and luscious. Rivals the now-legendary 1990 vintage in presence.
A mildly peppery and spicy aroma precedes unbridled, multilayered scents of bacon fat, oak resin, buttered corn and toasted honeywheat bread. Palate entry is firm, assertive, moderately oily and grainy sweet; the midpalate flavor offers bittersweet, harmonious flavors of tobacco leaf, caramel, nougat, pine needle and sautéed almonds. Concludes sweet, moderately oily and luscious. Rivals the now-legendary 1990 vintage in presence.