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| Drinking window: Drink between 2011 and 2014 (based on 5 user opinions) |
| Community Tasting History |
| Community Tasting Notes (average 90.4 pts. and median of 90 pts. in 33 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by blakel on 8/23/2013 & rated 88 points: Not a bad wine, but not my cup of tea. Fruity and somewhat unbalanced. (5865 views) | | | Tasted by saki846 on 5/18/2013: Don't drink this ice cold, and allow it to warm for 45-60 minutes.
The flavors really come out as the wine warms. (5540 views) | | | Tasted by jrkennedy37 on 10/16/2012 & rated 91 points: Heavy-styled sauv blanc. If you like oak, this is a good match for you. For this style, I give it a 91, but if you like the more citrus-focused and higher acid, stay away. I'd call this a "winter" sauvignon blanc based on its weight. (6129 views) | | | Tasted by Ziegler on 6/21/2012: Strong oaky, fruit filled aroma. Needs decanted and then excellent! (7369 views) | | | Tasted by mflesh on 6/11/2012 & rated 91 points: Best Sauv Blanc I've ever had. This is a heavy, heavy Sauv Blanc. If you're a white wine fan, you'll probably rate this mid-to-high 80's. This wine is a pop and pour genius that shows the complexity that such an otherwise very simple wine can have when aged and fermented in concrete eggs. Out of the bottle this is a full bodied, citrus-filled, buttery monster that will complement anything it's served with or stand alone. This wine has a lot of grapefruit and kiwi up front, nice buttery backbone. Lemon type of mid-palate that gives way to that concrete egg complexity and spiciness that leaves you wanting more on the finish. Preordered a case of 2011 two days ago. Amazing wine, amazing price point for what it gives you. Disagree with other reviewers - - this one will change your latitude on what you can really expect out of a Sauv Blanc. (7303 views) | | | Tasted by mmurry on 6/9/2012 & rated 89 points: Citrus and tropical fruit on the nose, with some floral notes and grapefruit at the end. Lots of grapefruit on the palate, with citrus and tropical fruit on the mid-palate, and a good floral finish. (2859 views) | | | Tasted by ihavezinned on 6/9/2012 & rated 92 points: nose: yeasty, tropical, pineapple, pear, minerality, wet stone and steel
palate: pineapple, pear, apple, with herb on the finish
lively and crisp. really beautiful, similar to a NZ but much more complex, softer, and integrated (3079 views) | | | Tasted by jrt on 4/29/2012: The bottle is more interesting than the contents. A very restrained sauvignon blanc, and way over priced. (2496 views) | | | Tasted by tp096255 on 4/1/2012 & rated 88 points: Wally's California All-Stars 2012
Hint of cat pee here. Merry Edwards kills this all day long. Decent price, if you like cat pee and a light finish. (2011 views) | | | Tasted by gilberto57 on 11/24/2011 & rated 90 points: The Illumination is aromatic, with melon and grapefruit aromas notes. Once tasted, Illumination revealed grapefruit and lemon flavors with a long finish that exhibits the vibrant fruit with a touch of minerality. Excellent! (2798 views) | | | Tasted by 1800kidney on 10/29/2011 & rated 88 points: Napa Experience; October 29 2011 (Rutherford, Yountville, Napa): generic sauvignon blanc, solidly made but not much to recommended it...flabby (3712 views) | | | Tasted by mklasing on 6/29/2011 & rated 91 points: Very delicate taste--soft flavors but amazing finish. Highly recommend. (3372 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
| Quintessa Producer websiteSauvignon Blanc Varietal CharacterUSAAmerican wine has been produced since the 1500s, with the first widespread production beginning in New Mexico in 1628. Today, wine production is undertaken in all fifty states, with California producing 84% of all U.S. wine. The continent of North America is home to several native species of grape, including Vitis labrusca, Vitis riparia, Vitis rotundifolia, and Vitis vulpina, but the wine-making industry is based almost entirely on the cultivation of the European Vitis vinifera, which was introduced by European settlers. With more than 1,100,000 acres (4,500 km2) under vine, the United States is the fourth-largest wine producing country in the world, after Italy, Spain, and France.California2021 vintage: "Unlike almost all other areas of the state, the Russian River Valley had higher than normal crops in 2021, which has made for a wine of greater generosity and fruit forwardness than some of its stablemates." - Morgan Twain-Peterson North CoastThe North Coast American Viticultural Area (AVA) in California, covering more than three million acres, includes Napa, Sonoma, Mendocino and Lake counties, and portions of Marin and Solano counties. (see The Wine Institute for more information) |
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