For my taste profile, I normally enjoy Hudson (and now Powder House, with it being younger vines) on the young side…somewhere at 4-5yrs. UV-SL kind of falls in the middle for me, so I gave the 2017 UV-SL a test drive.
Wasn’t able to prepare this with a decant, but it needed it. Richly pear colored in the glass, it has a lot of bright fruits like peach, pear and tropical pineapple with honeysuckle, honey roasted nuts and a mineral note. The palate is really dense with a minty flair, as well as sea salt, popcorn kernel, and signature lemon cream. This improved the longer it was open. Fruit started to play nicely with the savory notes. This 2017 came across a bit fat at first and then balanced out. Based on my experiences so far, this will improve with a few more years, but it was really enjoyable with an hour or two of air.
For my taste profile, I normally enjoy Hudson (and now Powder House, with it being younger vines) on the young side…somewhere at 4-5yrs. UV-SL kind of falls in the middle for me, so I gave the 2017 UV-SL a test drive.
Wasn’t able to prepare this with a decant, but it needed it. Richly pear colored in the glass, it has a lot of bright fruits like peach, pear and tropical pineapple with honeysuckle, honey roasted nuts and a mineral note. The palate is really dense with a minty flair, as well as sea salt, popcorn kernel, and signature lemon cream. This improved the longer it was open. Fruit started to play nicely with the savory notes. This 2017 came across a bit fat at first and then balanced out. Based on my experiences so far, this will improve with a few more years, but it was really enjoyable with an hour or two of air.
Jul 1st, 2021
Powerful and with layered with tremendous depth, tropical fruits, white flowers, hints of match smoke and crushed stone. Finishes with exceptional length. A beauty.
Powerful and with layered with tremendous depth, tropical fruits, white flowers, hints of match smoke and crushed stone. Finishes with exceptional length. A beauty.
Nov 19th, 2019
3-hour double decant. Complex. Flint, smoke, butterscotch, creme brûlée. I’m beginning to learn these will need time.
3-hour double decant. Complex. Flint, smoke, butterscotch, creme brûlée. I’m beginning to learn these will need time.
Apr 8th, 2019
Sonoma Coast, Sonoma County, California, USA
