Safra 2021
Avaliado em 2025
A lovely, layered sweetie that leans toward off-dry rather than frankly sweet thanks to a fine spine of racy acidity. Leads with cardamom, ginger and cumin, a fragrant skein that then winds through glazed apricot, blood orange granita and passion fruit coulis, plus rich hints of toffee and graham cracker. Long and creamy, with honeysuckle, dried mint and tangerine peel accents lingering on the finish. Drink now through 2041. 3,893 cases made.
Safra 2021
Avaliado em 2024
Dried apples, apricots, honey and light caramel with some flowers on both the nose and palate. Medium-bodied, sweet but not overpowering, showing lots of freshness and focus. Tangy at the end, but so polished and caressing on the palate. Drink or hold.
Safra 2020
Avaliado em 2024
This bold sweetie’s tight mesh and mouthwatering structure are swathed in gossamer texture, lending an overall sense of finesse as this carries fruit flavors of ripe apricot, nectarine and candied pink grapefruit, with rich notes of biscuit and green almond, plus accents of chai, jasmine and spun honey. Long and harmonious on the rich and fragrant finish. -- Non-blind Vin de Constance vertical (February 2024). Drink now through 2045. 500 cases imported.
Safra 2019
Avaliado em 2024
This gorgeous sweetie is vibrant and lithe yet loaded with expanding flavors carried by racy, deftly meshed acidity. Offers a panoply of white peach puree, pink grapefruit sorbet, candied orange peel and candied ginger notes accented by hints of dried mint, ground cardamom, elderflower and honeysuckle, and this just keeps going and going on the finish. -- Non-blind Vin de Constance vertical (February 2024). Drink now through 2045.
Safra 2018
Avaliado em 2024
There's a broad-shouldered feel to this white, which is lightly mouthcoating while also vibrant, with a tangy kick of candied orange and pink grapefruit peel acidity. Flavors of mango, baked yellow peach and crushed macadamia, plus notes of dried flowers and zesty spices, ring out on the creamy palate and through the finish. -- Non-blind Vin de Constance vertical (February 2024). Drink now through 2039.
Safra 2017
Avaliado em 2024
A bright touch of lime blossoms wafts through the flavors of juicy green melon and white peach and blood orange sorbet, with a hint of Marcona almond. Framed by sleek acidity, there's lovely purity and depth to the flavors but not excessive weight. Mouthwatering on the finish, with lasting notes of saffron and chamomile. -- Non-blind Vin de Constance vertical (February 2024). Drink now through 2045. 15,000 cases made, 1,000 cases imported.
Safra 2015
Avaliado em 2024
A lushly creamy version, with fine integration to the well-honed acidity and flavors of mango puree, baked pineapple, roasted almond skin and butterscotch. Orange blossom, blood orange peel, mountain herb and cracked pink peppercorn notes play on the long, mouthwatering finish. -- Non-blind Vin de Constance vertical (February 2024). Drink now through 2035. 2,000 cases made, 200 cases imported.
Safra 2012
Avaliado em 2024
Offers a sense of the exotic, with incense, jasmine and orange blossom notes wafting through passion fruit coulis, nectarine, dried guava and bitter almond flavors. There's a buoyancy to the blood orange peel acidity, along with a brightness interwoven with the fine, silky texture through to the expansive finish. -- Non-blind Vin de Constance vertical (February 2024). Drink now through 2040. 200 cases made, 100 cases imported.
Safra 2006
Avaliado em 2024
A fragrant version, with medicinal herb, mace and cardamom notes on the nose, this is lush and creamy on the palate, with flavors of baked peach and melon, grilled macadamia and crystallized honey. Shows lovely integration of the still-mouthwatering acidity and a pinpoint balance that allows the flavor range to chime on the lasting finish. -- Non-blind Vin de Constance vertical (February 2024). Drink now through 2035. 400 cases imported.
Safra 2001
Avaliado em 2024
A polished mahogany hue, this is reminiscent of tawny Port on the nose, carrying the theme on the palate with a thread of roasted nuts that underscores notes of dried apricot, butterscotch and dried mint. The rich profile is still bright and balanced today by lively, mandarin orange peel acidity, and the finish echoes milled white pepper, white truffle and lemon oil. -- Non-blind Vin de Constance vertical (February 2024). Drink now through 2036. 1,665 cases made, 250 cases imported.
