The old vines are very much in evidence as there is a true abundance of palate soaking dry extract that imparts a velvety mouth feel to the mid-palate and buffers the very firm tannins on the youthfully austere
muscular ripe berry and baking spice flavors balanced by a medium to firm level of finely grained tannins and crisp acidity
loamy soil nuances
forest floor
This is a champagne made for tenderness and pleasure
Colgin Herb Lamb Vineyard 2002 Douro The old vines are veryThe 2002 Cabernet Sauvignon Herb Lamb Vineyard is a wonderful wine on its own merit, but by no means is it as impressive as the other three efforts from Ann Colgin and her husband, Joe Wender. This wine has an opaque plum ruby color, a scent of unsmoked, high class tobacco, underbrush, spice box, black currants, chocolate and espresso. It is seriously endowed, elegant, and again, fully mature, but without the nobility, complexity and sheer class of