I've had both vintages of the Larose. Earls restaurants had the '01 on the wine list for like 44 dollars at one point (retail it was 35) so that was a good place to try it. I was disapointed in the '02, I thought it was pretty closed up and I am not convinced it has the tannin to give it life through the years to open it up. But all in all it's a different style of wine than we're used to seeing in BC. Very much more of an old-world style than the fruit-forward wines we're used to seeing.
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