Found July 2010
Lazy (and hot) Sunday afternoon ... the call for lunch is a tuna sandwich ... now I have to find a white wine (too heavy for red with all this heat, besides dinner is a steak so red is already forecasted for later). I find this Vidal in one of my wine fridges, for all I remember it may have been there since 2003. Nose is slightly honeyed with some peach and apple puree. Teeth-chillingly cold, so for now it is okay, it tastes like booze in white wine; we'll have to give it some time to warm up and develop some flavours.
20 minutes have passed and now we are starting to see what was under that cold exterior ... and in truth this is not bad at all. There is some slightly oxidized apple here, with a hint of pear, a drop of lemon and enough acidity left to hold it all together. It's a wine I keep sipping on wondering when the other shoe is going to drop and I won't want to drink it anymore, but I keep on sipping away. There's even a nice mid-length finish of apple peel. I can't complain too much about this wine, it is doing its job on a hot July afternoon, plus it has me taking more and more sips trying to figure it out - what more can I want. I am prepare to make the call on this Willow Springs 2003 Vidal. Lost & Found Rating: Treasure
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