What better way to finish off an evening of tasting with over a dozen Mike Smith wines than by popping a SQN for dessert?! An incredible specimen, with dried apricot, honeysuckle, and candied lemon…
Honeycomb and syrup. Bashingly cloying and richly sweet. No real Chardonnay fruit was able to peek out behind the wave of sticky honey and viscous gomme.
Similar to my notes from 09/23/16. What I appreciated most about this wine was that it was not too sweet. It was able to push real fruit and honey flavors forward without being marred by a blast of…
A nice match with seared foie gras. Not too sweet or cloying, and just the right amount of intensity; it came off balanced but nicely viscous. Apricot, peach, and some honey flavors. A solid…
A decent representation of this style. Some nice honey, sweet lemon, and orange rind notes. Not too much intensity or complex flavor tiers to speak of necessarily, but a nice showing nonetheless. A…
I almost bought some additional bottles of this, but held off just because it fell a little short on the finish for me. Honeysuckle, peach cobbler, lemon oil, lemon curd (like the kind in lemon…
No real surprises with this wine. Traditionally flavored and stylized in terms of being a more-full-bodied, sweet (and a bit viscous) Tokaji. Luckily not too cloying or overly syrupy; had some decent…
Intense notes of honey, dried apricot, lemon curd, sweet lemon and orange peel, and poached peach. Powerful but not overpowering, pairing absolutely fantastic with a Point Reyes blue cheese.
