notes of bacon fat emerge
An impressive specimen from Victoria
this is a very pretty if somewhat atypical wine to enjoy over the next few years
Ornellaia has been through some significant changes over the past several years
15% Merlot and 15% Syrah and other varietals spent 14 months in 100% new French oak
Cristal Roederer 2002 Pork notes of bacon fat emergeTasted from the original 2009 disgorgement, the 2002 Cristal is a broad, vinous wine, bursting with aromas of honeyed yellow orchard fruit, warm butter, brioche and fresh peaches. On the palate, it's full bodied, textural and mouthfilling, rendering the fine boned chalky structure and textural finesse that distinguish this quintessentially elegant style of this cuve in a broader shouldered, more enveloping register. The 2002 is beginning to enter its