SIGNORELLO SEMILLON

[Jerry D Mead]

Had the 1997 Signorello "Napa Valley" Semillon...don't know the price as it was a Christmas gift and I'm too lazy to call Ray Signorello and check. I'm pleased to say it is a wine that Dan Berger would hate, which means it is overtly, heavily and beautifully oaked. Yes!, there's some fruit, but it does play second fiddle to the lovely vanilla and smoky barrel char aromas and flavors. Ripe fig and very ripe apple with some spice (not Gewurz spice...more in the nutmeg realm)...very long, wood-influenced after-flavors.

I can't score it for value because I don't know the price...for quality give it a 95.

JDM

[This message has been edited by Wine Curmudgeon (edited 01-20-99).]