A wet winter and spring, surprising June and mid-October showers made this vintage one of the wettest in recent history. Honey colored with fragrances of sweet orange blossom and pear mingle with honeysuckle and grains of paradise. The flavors are deep and rich with orange crème brulée and caramelized nectarine, butterscotch and marzipan.
Flooding rains early in the growing season with cool temperature October showers. Amber in color with notes of pineapple upside down cake and coconut chips, baking-spiced butter and dried, white flowers on the nose. Intense flavors of dried apricot, baked guava, toasted macadamia and black cardamom.
Fog and cool temperatures late into September. The copper hue showcases the wine’s graceful aging while aromas of baked Fuji apple and candied Mission fig, white truffle and linseed imply enhanced complexity from the cellar. Peach preserves and ripe tropical fruit flavors comingle with dried sweet herbs and juniper.
