plus suggestions of aniseed
focusing on finesse and freshness
This gives the wine a beautiful combination of dark fruit
A blend of 80% Sauvignon Blanc and 20% Semillon
but it also represents only one-quarter of a "normal" production
Promontory, Napa Valley, 2012, 75cl Løse flasker plus suggestions of aniseedThe 2012 Promontory, which is the softest vintage to date, was slightly better this year than last year, as it had rounded out. It does not have the depth of the 2013, but it is a great wine on its own merits. Notes of new saddle leather, loamy soil, and crushed rock intermingle with blackcurrants, plum, tobacco leaf and spice in a full bodied, wonderfully pure and large scaled style with ripe, well integrated tannin. It is accessible enough to enjoy,