A Tablas Creek White

Tablas Creek, 2002 Esprit de Beaucastel Blanc
Shane’s Notes,
June 20, 2006
$29.99

When we initially reviewed this wine, it tasted like kerosene so we suspected that the bottle was ruined. We mentioned this on our blog, and a Tablas Creek representative read the post and replaced the bottle for free. How’s that for customer service? Anyway, after tasting this bottle, we can now say for certain that the first bottle was ruined. We really enjoyed this wine. The aroma displays pear and honey. The palate is minerally with guava, herbal and anise. It has mild complexity and a medium length finish. There are a lot of interesting flavors in this one that are hard to identify. It is drinkable now but would probably benefit from a few years of bottle age to soften the acidity.