Buttered hazelnuts lead the flavor charge, followed by full, rich fruit that’s creamy and marked by lees contact rather than primary fruit. The finish picks up dried-spice flavors of cinnamon and clove. ——J.C.(5/1/2001)—— 90

Flirts with splinterdom, dominated at first by copious buttered-popcorn and vanilla-oak aromas. But in the mouth there’s no denying the lushness and quality of the underlying fruit, which brings tangerines, limes and other citrus fruits to mind. Very oaky. Very New World. Very good.——J.C.(10/1/2000)—— 90