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"Plush on the palate, it offers up loads of sweet black cherry fruit. It has a different aromatic and flavor profile than Vintage Port (the wine is not fortified and was made with new oak) but can be utilized at the table for similar purposes."

"Sweet, with luscious apricot, peach compote and golden raisin held up by a well of latent acidity that drives the spice, chalk and candied lemon zest notes on the long finish."

"The 2003 Vin Santo del Chianti Classico Occhio di Pernice possesses rich, baritone layers of plums, dried prunes, tobacco leaves, worn-in leather, licorice and cloves. There is a deep, inner sweetness that recalls port, along with a beautifully nuanced centeredness that shimmers across the palate. Despite the warm growing season, this is anything but a precocious wine, if anything, it needs at least a few more years in the bottle!"

"Lovely aromas of vanilla, cream and almond, with a hint of tropical fruit. Full-bodied and very sweet, yet ripe and balanced, with a lovely, ripe fruit aftertaste."

"The Non-Vintage Muscat is darker amber. It offers fragrant floral, honey, caramel, and raisin notes and is slightly fuller in body."

"The values in the portfolio are the “Fine” series. The N.V. Fine Tawny is amber brown with flavors of intertwined dates, figs, and chocolate."

"A combination of rich apricot, peach and pear flavors, with intense sweetness, matched by a racy structure. It's very pure and grapy, with a mouthwatering finish."

"Floral, lemon, apple and cream with dried pineapple and apricot. Full-bodied, but very focused and refined. It starts slowly and then, wham! It goes on and on. Spicy, dried fruits and spices. Full-bodied, medium-sweet. So long and exciting." 95-100 pts.

"Friendly, with apricot, peach and papaya notes and a nice singed almond edge on the finish."

"Knockout nose presents a smorgasbord of ripe peach, dried apricot, vanilla, marzipan, white chocolate and dried herb aromas. Then surprisingly light and linear given the opulent aromas, with noteworthy precision to the ripe peach, citrus, herb and white chocolate flavors. Finishes very smooth and long but with an obvious alcoholic warmth. Though I'm not sure this is as successful as the great Vin Santos made here in '97 or '98, this is still excellent, and its nose alone merits 95 points."