focused and stony medium weight flavors that coat the palate with dry extract on the youthfully austere

quinine and citrus confit

with little racking

The finish is iodine

An exotically perfumed bouquet evokes black and blue fruit preserves

Gilette Vintage:1997 focused and stony medium weightRipe, sweet and with searing acidity, the candied apricot, pineapple, mango and tangerine fruits coated with all that delicious honey hit the spot. This is a very specific, full bodied, concentrated, bright style of Sauternes, as the wine is not aged in oak. So, while you get the sweetness, there is no vanilla, caramel or fat from oak. Instead you find more purity of fruit and higher levels of acidity, with an orange peel leaning. This is a good thing