Wine experts say this White wine delivers as promised, with aromas of grapefruit pith, nectarine and melon, with a citrusy acid underpinning. It`s just a shade off dry, with sonorous fruit and woody flavors. Lightly grapefruit flavored, this fresh wine has tasted of like a thin, barely ripe wine. It has some sweetness, but the green plum-skin texture is hard to ignore. A little cold and waxy on the nose, this easy, region-specific brut offers suggestions of lemon tangerine and green apple chilled by themselves in a cool-climate seafood kitchen. Hot, smoky oak and marginal white-fruit flavors show on this bottling, which lacks succulence. It`s bland but not bad, with a taste of generic white peach and papaya. Grassy white-fruit aromas announce that this is fresh. Briny citrus flavors finish flat.

Wine experts say this White wine delivers as it`s shown. It`s appropriately dry, with brisk acidity and a fine, refreshing mouthfeel. Basically drinkable, but doesn`t seem like a longterm ager. Winemaker James MacPhail has been pulling back on the new oak and this bottling shows it, with an intense, perfumed character that is complemented by cut-wood flavors like coconut and nutmeg. The finish is layered with minerality and coconut-driven spice. This is an interesting wine, very minerally and crisp, with citrus-driven flavors of lime and orange, and a satisfying, stylish finish. A lean, compact approach shows more vividness with pineapple and white pepper flavors as it opens. Frappato is a wonderfully light and informal wine that opens with a deep, saturated color and savory tones of cured meat, leather and dried rose petal, all wrapped in a crisp, well-defined texture.