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| Drinking window: Drink between 2012 and 2014 (based on 51 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 90.8 pts. and median of 91 pts. in 47 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by nzinkgraf on 8/24/2013: I mistakenly took this wine to the wrong place and almost poured it all out for father so and so and the angels that floated around him. But that's for another time. Creamy, lees, chalk and watermelon. Ripe watermelon. Quiet aromas, really, but very charming. I like this much more than the '12s are drinking right now. Aromas of clean old wooden desktop. But truthfully, more fruit emerges as this wine warms up and/or opens up in my glass. Red berry (4795 views) | | | Tasted by artoopeo on 5/13/2013 & rated 92 points: Perfect lunch wine on a nice Spring day. Great pairing with Pissaladiere. (5104 views) | | | Tasted by Mike Dildine on 2/19/2013 & rated 90 points: My 12s arrived today, this was my last 11. Still exceptionally fine. (6130 views) | | | Tasted by JFish on 10/22/2012: Quick TN: Popped and poured. Admittedly, I'm a homer for this wine. It's the best rose I've had this year. Crisp, strawberry and a hint of melon, a hint of citrus, and the acidity gives it life. Great paing with oven-roasted chicken with a chipotle rub. (6811 views) | | | Tasted by bin905 on 10/6/2012 & rated 89 points: Somewhat lean flavors with plenty of zip. (6690 views) | | | Tasted by nzinkgraf on 9/24/2012: Crushed this without even noticing. Watermelon and crisp. We had lasagne, but this was more about housing this bottle. (3427 views) | | | Tasted by Cote d'Or on 9/22/2012: PopnPour, then Day 2
-gorgeous translucent med pink/orange
-moderately aromatic, a little strawberry and rhubarb
-late acidity, med weight and conc, silky mouthfeel for a rose, loaded with dry extract that leads to an impressively long slightly bitter quinine finish, strawberry/rhubarb are main fruit elements, structurally holds up well on Day 2 with some extra complexity, as good or better than the first bottle 6 months ago
-very nice now potentially with room to improve, great balance with vibrant acidity and mid-palate sap, WIN! (3142 views) | | | Tasted by Mike Dildine on 9/14/2012 & rated 91 points: Simply one of the best roses I've had. (2534 views) | | | Tasted by prof b on 9/8/2012: lovely rose, will have to buy more next year. (2380 views) | | | Tasted by bin905 on 9/4/2012 & rated 89 points: Floral, honeydew melon and kiwi scent. Fresh, zippy grapefruit and quinine flavor. (2279 views) | | | Tasted by ToddS on 8/25/2012: Refreshing, wonderful, etc. Blows the P2 completely out of the water. (2403 views) | | | Tasted by Rieslingfan on 7/23/2012 & rated 93 points: Same as the last bottle - outstanding rosé. (2807 views) | | | Tasted by prof b on 7/23/2012 & rated 92 points: fairly muted nose but expressive on the palate with grass, strawberry, mild citrus, clear acidity. great rose. (2703 views) | | | Tasted by mattsix on 7/11/2012: Big and bright. Very food friendly, watermelon, strawberries, saline. Great fruit- impressive. (2516 views) | | | Tasted by River Rat on 7/4/2012: This wine just continues to bring it. Great pairing with Mango Salsa on a warm 4th of July. The aromatics jump from the glass and the creamy strawberry, watermelon and nectarine on the palate combined with bright acidity make it a pleasurable drink. Nudges out the '11 Ode to Lulu as my Rosé of the Year. Raised lots of eyebrows around the table. (2834 views) | | | Tasted by nzinkgraf on 7/1/2012: Strawberry aromas. Mouth-watering watermelon palate. A very lively and prickly palate. Watermelon 'jolly rancher.'. It would probably get even better with age, but this is some giving texture for young rosé. (2531 views) | | | Tasted by Rieslingfan on 6/26/2012 & rated 93 points: Literally my first word on tasting this was WOW! What a great blend of berry and tropical fruit tones. There's great balance as well, with the wine drinking so easily I thought it was evaporating in the glass. Amazingly refreshing and really just fabulous. This is my favorite Rosé, eclipsing even the vaunted Baudry. (3018 views) | | | Tasted by SonomaWilliam on 6/17/2012 & rated 92 points: Simple Hedonisms Rosé Panel; 5/1/2012-8/5/2012: Wonderful rose' from a rare CA varietal.
Salmon orange-pink color.
Nose of citrus, cherry, strawberry.
Wonderful balance of bright acidity and texture in mouth. Cherry, strawberry, lime, pomegranate.
Better with some aeration. Will improve with some bottle time, perfect for the fall Holidays. (4693 views) | | | Tasted by bin905 on 5/19/2012 & rated 89 points: Round. (2850 views) | | | Tasted by jpakma on 5/13/2012 & rated 92 points: Similar notes to previous bottle. Prefer with jus a light chill (3362 views) | | | Tasted by slanum on 5/5/2012: (A-R open house) Fresh and appealing and distinguishable from many other pink wines by the fact that it doesn't bear the telltale signs of cultured yeast and the emphatic fruitiness it can impart. I don't know that it's particularly varietal in character, but I don't know a heck of a lot about Touriga Nacional. (3043 views) | | | Tasted by Ben Christiansen on 5/1/2012: I believe I prefer the Robert Sinsikey Vins Gris. Which is not really saying much at all. They are different and both are beautiful. Outstanding at $19.99. (3097 views) | | | Tasted by retired_and_roving on 4/30/2012 & rated 91 points: Drank over two nights. Beautiful salmon/pink color. Strawberry and cherry aromas in the glass - nose gets bigger as wine warms in the glass. Flavors of strawberry and cranberry dominate on the palate - with a nice balance of acidity and light tannins. Very clean and fresh, with a surprisingly long finish. (3096 views) | | | Tasted by Wicker Parker on 4/26/2012: Astonishingly good, elegant and wonderfully balanced, sings with perfect pitch. (2787 views) | | | Tasted by gordoyflaca on 4/25/2012 & rated 92 points: Really nice melon, wild strawberry, Rainier cherry, and citrus zest. (2890 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
| Arnot-Roberts Producer Website
Jamie Kutch left a highly paid career as a stock trader in 2005 to move to California and pursue his dream of making wine. People thought he was crazy, until the first Pinot Noir he released scored 93 points in Wine Spectator. That shouldn't come as a surprise as Jamie has cut his teeth among some of the best producers in the Pinot Noir world. From his time spent working at the revered Kosta Browne in Sonoma to receiving sage advice from none other than Aubert de Villaine of Domaine de la Romanee Conti, Jamie has taken everything he has learned to produce some of the most compelling and terroir driven wines in California.
The Kutch wines are made as naturally as possible. After the grapes are harvested by hand, they are sorted meticulously and moved only by gravity, before being fermented in small open-top containers with hand and foot punch downs using indigenous yeasts. When fermented, the wine is gravity flowed into French Oak barrels, where they age sur lie (on the lees). The vineyard pursues a minimalist philosophy, trying to produce the purest expression of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay from a particular place and time.
Since foundation 2001, Arnot-Roberts has been one of the most progressive and revolutionary producers on the California landscape. Initially their focus was just on making great Californian wines, but when the cool 2005 vintage gave them wines in a more austere, high acid style than the region was used to, Nathan and Duncan reacted completely differently to practically everyone else in California – they loved them and decided to pursue lower ripeness levels and higher acidity in all of their wines henceforth.
The intent is to produce wines that express the character of the sites in which the grapes are grown. No vineyards are owned. Fruit was sourced by arrangements with farmers from prime sites in Napa, the Sonoma Coast, the Santa Cruz Mountains, the Santa Rita Hills, Moon Mountain and the Sierra Foothills. The focus is on single vineyards, but some regional / appellation wines are also made if the grapes show strong association with their origins. The common thread is that most of the fruit is sourced from cooler vineyard sites.
Touriga Nacional Varietal character (Appellation America) | Wikipedia
Touriga Nacional is the foundation for many port wines. It's a hearty, thick-skinned red grape with moderate acidity, firm tannins, and black fruit character.Rosé Rosé - WikipediaUSAAmerican 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 CaliforniaNapa Valley.http://www.stagecoachvineyard.com/vineyards/our_vineyards.php
Santa Ynez.http://www.everyvine.com/org/Camp_Four/vineyard/Camp_Four/ |
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