Arrowood, Hoot Owl Creek Vyds Special Select Late Harvest Riesling, Alexander Valley

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LWIN 1567050
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94 /100
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11
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98
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Taster #6493 · Jan 3, 2021
93/100
After more than a month in the fridge this is perhaps improved. Complexly spiced, cinnamon baked apples, alfalfa honey kind of herbal/sweet intensity. Lovely, bumping up my score from 90.
1997 vintage
Taster #7577 · Jun 6, 2020
98/100
Fantastic TBA at its peak
1997 vintage
Taster #5738 · May 28, 2016
95/100
19 years old, and still a 95! Very, very nice. Reserved, sweet, mouth filling. Great white fruit. The real deal.
1997 vintage
Taster #3436 · Jun 29, 2014
93/100
Amber +2 color. Nose of hot apple pie, vanilla, potpourri, coconut, burnt sugar cake, something metallic (memories of copper smelting ?). On arrival, very sweet, fat and lively, tangy even. Finished fairly sweet, very thick and with good lift. This IS dessert, not a dessert accompaniment. Bottle #11, from 375ml.
1997 vintage
Taster #3436 · Dec 11, 2013
94/100
Medium caramel color. Heady aroma, of spiced apples, fresh shaved cocoanut, vanilla, honey, cooked grains (beer mash !), sherry. On arrival, lively acidity and significant glycerol. Medium sweet but not heavy. Served as end of meal dessert, and showed well even following slices of Thanksgiving dinner pies: pecan, apple, cherry and mincemeat. From 375ml, cold cellar since release.
1997 vintage
Taster #8904 · Apr 15, 2012
93/100
Surprisingly lively, with more freshness than I would have predicted behind the sweet honeyed facade. Actually tastes more like an aged eiswein than TBA.
1997 vintage
Taster #6958 · Aug 2, 2010
Dark amber. I was afraid this was going to be oxidized, but it is amazingly fresh. Still very sweet. VERY sweet. But the sweetness dissipates with an uplift of acidity while the richness lingers in the long finish. This is an amazing wine. Surely at its peak, but who knows how long it might stay at this peak. My last bottle.
1997 vintage
Taster #4541 · Jan 30, 2009
88/100
Some nice fruit flavors but over the hill. Has gotten sweeter as it aged. Should have drunk earlier, I think. (we had a bottle of this a few years ago that was just divine). 100 cases made.
2001 vintage
Taster #0935 · Dec 5, 2008
89/100
The Blind Drunks 1997 California Cab Retrospective Dinner (Dunham Woods Riding Club, Wayne, Illinois) : Deep golden color. Notes of caramel and toffee, with flavors of marmalade, baked apricot and caramel. A bit on the simple side, and lacking the acidity to really perform well. Still very nice, just not special.
1997 vintage
Taster #7577 · May 20, 2007
98/100
Fantastic stuff. Better than any reisling TBA I have ever had.
1997 vintage
Taster #5738 · Jun 24, 2006
95/100
Hard to believe that this wine has slipped my mind for so long. Dense, intense tastes of almonds, nectarines, and white fruit, with caramel and slight red fruit notes. Great acid counterpart to the intense fruit. 30 second length that emphasizes all of this wines good characteristics. A great bottle.
1997 vintage
Taster #4541 · Aug 31, 2004
94/100
This was just delciious. A gift from Pam H., for our wedding.
2001 vintage