In article om>,
DaleW > wrote:

> On Sep 8, 8:38?pm, Lawrence Leichtman > wrote:
> > In article >, Ronin wrote:
> > > Does anyone have an opinion as to whether the '03 is three times the
> > > wine of the '04? They retail in the neighborhood of US$55 for the '04
> > > and US$165 for the '03.
> >
> > > Jim
> >
> > Don't know but I liked the 2004 better than the 2003 tasting both. My
> > notes for the 2003 weren't very good. A bit thin. the 2004 was much
> > richer.
>
> Did you taste the 2003 recently? My guess is its pretty shut down
> right now. But at release the ones I had were quite rich/lush.
>
> As an aside, for some reason, this thread doesn't show on google
> groups. Something about Ronin's name, which doesn't show up at all
> (though I can see it and thread on motzarella). But if I search Google
> groups I can see responses. Weird.

Have tasted it twice. To me it was more than shut down. I thought the
flavor profile was thin on the '03 to begin with. The second tasting
this year wasn't any better. There was no match to the '04.