I tasted the 1998 vintage of this wine on 28 Nov 2004 when it was 6 years old and gave it a rating of ok+.
Appearance was bright yellow gold in colour, and slightly oily. The bouquet showed dry oak and citrus melon fruit. The taste had smooth buttery melon and citrus fruit. This was a well balanced but relatively simple style.
I tasted the 2003 vintage of this wine on 10 Jun 2005 when it was 2 years old and gave it a rating of ok+.
The colour was light to medium gold, and it was slightly oily. The bouquet showed crisp stalky butterscotch. THere was a dry stalky lemon-lime taste, and a light buttery feel. Overall, this was clean well balanced pleasant fruity style.
Note 1: I am not really a wine expert (just an enthusiastic amateur), so please don't take my recommendations as anything more than a rough guide to these wines. I can take no responsibility if you buy a lot of this particular wine, on my recommendation, and then regret it!
Note 2: You may not fully agree with my evaluation of these wines, as a lot of this is quite subjective. I tend to put a lot of emphasis on complexity and intense characteristic and varietal flavours and bouquet, so if you disagree you might just have different priorities.
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