With the free-range/purloined apricot tart and cajeta gelato, we tried:
1. KentRasmussenWnry SauvBlanc NorthCoast LateHrvst (SaH: 35.1%; RS: 10.3%; 13%) 1993: Med.gold/brown color; very intense botrytis/peach syrup/apricotty/fruit cocktail some pencilly/cedary/oak complex nose; quite sweet honeyed/earthy intense botrytis/apricotty/peach syrup fairly tart light pencilly/oak complex flavor; very long/lingering intense peachy/apricotty/botrytis honeyed/earthy light cedary/oak complex finish; a lovely old Calif botrytis wine that should go on & on. $23.00/hlf
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2. Librandi LePassule IGT: Val di Neto VinoPassito (14.5%; 100% Mantonico; RS: 9.5%) CiroMarina/Calabria 2002: Dark golden/brown color; intense raisened/pruney/late harvesty/ambrosial some earthy/orangey/tangerine bit alcoholic nose; quite sweet soft/bit cloying intense raisened/pruney/orangey/tangerine liqueur bit earthy slight alcoholic flavor; long soft/very sweet intense raisened/pruney/orangey finish; lots of raisened/passito character and a bit on the earthy/coarse side. $34.50/500 ml (CB)
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No BP this time.
Tom