Lava Cap 2000 Sémillon (El Dorado)

Country: US /
Variety: Sémillon California
Winery: Lava Cap / El Dorado

Kind of bizarre, because there are baked custard and sweetened espresso and honeyed spice aromas, and then it turns unnaturally sweet on the palate. It’s also flat, with an odd, medicinal aftertaste. Most Sémillons don’t have these particular features. —S.H.