Bond, Vecina Size:6x750ml When the wine hits the

When the wine hits the palate

There is a highly beguiling opulence to the textured

“It turned out what we vintners always said about Riesling – that’s it’s ideally suited to our clime – is true

The wine shows great integration of the oak

Bond, Vecina Size:6x750ml When the wine hits theSaturated medium ruby. Cool perfume of blackberry, licorice, spices and black pepper. Suave and fine grained but still quite tight, showing little in the way of easy sweetness but also avoiding the greenness that plagues some 2008s. Although youthfully imploded, savory and dry, this powerfully tannic, mineral driven wine spreads out on the back end to coat the palate. Stephen Tanzer