Domingos Soares Franco Colecção Privada Moscatel de Setúbal 2000

Beautiful burnt orange color! It's actually dead ringer for my birth stone, topaz, a stone I hated up through my teenage years for it's lack of romance. As a child, to compare a brilliant red garnet or ruby to, what I considered, a muddy brown topaz what just not appealing. Now, with leaving falling outside my window, and a slight chill the air, I love this color! Loads of mandarin, cooked peaches, caramel and butterscotch on the nose, while the intensity falls off a touch on the palate showing subtle hints of vanilla, essence of mandarin, honey and melon. The texture is so silky and soft you wonder if wine ever touched your palate or whether a cloud of mist merely passed over your... more October 9, 2007

Light golden orange with a nose that has a touch of alcohol, almost like a flambe of peaches. Flowers, dried, mingle with apricots, peaches, and dates all fresh and alive with out a heavy character. In the mouth this wine is thick and unctuous, with notes of Earl Grey tea that are wrapped around honey drenched peaches and dried apricots that my mother once bought for me from the local co-op. Lush and inviting this wine leaves your mouth with a slight coating of honey infused orange and thoughts of the dried fruit merchant that I stare at each time I visit the boqueria in Barcelona. A fine wine, Highly Recommended. more October 9, 2007