Tropical fruits

I was hit with citrus pineapple melon fruits. Some earthy notes but delicate light and crisp. This night I enjoyed it with a lobster sushi roll.  

This bottle was bubbly for some reason, so may not be all that representative of what the wine should be. Nonetheless, a really nice wine. Nose of lime, lime peel, candy and maybe some tropical fruit. Palate of lime, lime...

Wow! What a difference some time in the cellar makes. I opened one of my 3 bottles of the 2001 Haan Merlot Prestige about 2 years ago. For all the good reviews it was very closed and not at all the complex fruit bomb I...

Had it with pineapple fried rice made Thai style (little curry, little sweet, little fish sauceyness going). Great table pairing. First impression: not dry. Wish it weren't as flat in structure though. Light bodied.

Ripe pineapple on the nose, crisp golden apple and on the palette with notes of vanilla and petrol, honey and green-apple finish.

Very floral at first with a light, whispery character that gains a soft, lightly vanilla and tamarind-scented edge to the soft strawberry fruit. There are backing notes of mocha, oaken spice that gain intensity but don’t...

Cola and sassafras on the nose with a cool, deep quality to the fruit that draws you in the glass to discover the notes of perfumed wood, crayon, sand, and coco butter. This is very bright up front with a lovely leafy...

Quite candied on the nose with notes of milk chocolate, tamarind, and butterscotch. A nice bit of acid on entry adds a counterweight to the rather sweet profile of the candied fruit tones across the palate. No real tannic...