Tried this ystrday at my OpenHouse reception:
1. BabcockVnyd SantaBarbaraCnty GWT (12.5%) 1990: Med.dark gold color; rather piney/valve oil quite minerally very complex/perfumed nose; hollow/weak slight minerally/earthy/piney almost no flavor; very short/virtually no slightly bitter finish; very interesting/complex nose that speaks more of old Riesling than GWT, but virtually no impact on the palate. Little signs of oxidation or being way over the hill.
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BloodyPulpit:
1. Pretty strange/unusual/interesting wine. I'd had the '89 version of this a month ago and it was pretty much shot. I didn't expect much from this GWT and it pretty much delivered on those expectations. Very lovely to smell but almost nothing on the palate. Where'd the flavor go??
Tom