After spending a whopping 18 months in oak (14 in French, 3 in Hungarian and 1 in American) the wine still retains lots of its fruit on both the nose and palate: apple, pear, peach vanilla and butterscotch aromas fill the nose, but it's the lovely fruit that really jumps out here. The palate keeps all that lovely fruit and wraps it is a blanket of vanilla and butterscotch with a subtle spice finish, nice acidity too. Let this one sit another year or two or open an hour before serving. Decanting helps pull out all that fruit, especially when so young. Price: $19.95 - Rating: ****+