1998 Geyser Peak Sonoma Coast

[newsguy]

finally opened this one. plums, vanilla, cassis, oak and a little something on the finish that i had a hard time figuring out. kinda peppery (but not like a shiraz/syrah), kinda earthy, but not like a bordeaux. then it hit me: green peppers. now i tasted this without looking at this thread, so i didn't have the WS notes fresh in my mind. maybe it was in my longer-term memory though. a nice wine, but i wasn't as impressed as IK with it. i probably woulda had a higher regard for it if i paid $10 as IK did, but at $13 a bottle it's starting to get toward a higher price point and i'd rather pony up a few more dollars and get something i enjoy more (or pay a few dollars less and get something i like easily as much).

[This message has been edited by newsguy (edited 06-19-2002).]