This is wood laden, with sweet fruit that compensates for the toastiness. The oak element should integrate well in the next 2–3 years, making for a wine that’s soft and sweetly fruity, with smoky acidity. — (11/1/2012) —89

Plenty of wood aromas, but the palate combines the wood notes with smoky acidity, textured green plum and vanilla flavors with a refreshing acidity. There’s a tang here: a wine that has bursts of great fruit to go with the wood. — (7/1/2011) —89

An intensely perfumed wine that smells of a candy shop. It has tight acidity, but that is lost in the welter of white fruit flavors, allied with sweet wood. It seems at first too sweet, but then toast and acidity come in to give the wine an edgy finale.——R.V.(5/1/2009)—— 87

A big, ripe, toasty wine that has peach and apricot flavors at its core. It will need little time to develop, but it is already showing generosity and style. Imported by Paterno Wines International. ——R.V.(9/1/2005)—— 89