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| Community Tasting Notes (average 90.5 pts. and median of 91 pts. in 40 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Billjkay on 5/24/2021 & rated 96 points: Rich, smooth, creamy, spicy,, peach & apricot, some cinnamon, nutmeg. Incredibly good with the seafood pasta!! Happy Anniversary to us!! (882 views) | | | Tasted by Jcalvin3 on 12/9/2017 & rated 89 points: After filling a glass and letting it breather for half an hour, the wine really opened up. Very smooth mouthfeel with nice mineral and earth. A tad heavier in the mid-palate than other Roussannes from Napa and Sonoma. Very drinkable. (1685 views) | | | Tasted by dlduchon on 11/29/2017 & rated 92 points: Delicious, complex white with some nuances coming in from the age. Great restraint and balance. Should hold up for quite a few more years. (1346 views) | | | Tasted by yatchisin on 12/24/2016 & rated 91 points: Sophisticated Roussanne--more seductive than many of its type, but it will totally wine you over. Core of stone but then more tropical fruit emerges. Lovely. (1922 views) | | | Tasted by mattdathan on 11/25/2016 & rated 92 points: Wonderfully integrated, rich and smooth. Lovely! (1875 views) | | | Tasted by tward on 11/24/2016 & rated 91 points: Nearly two years ago to the day I gave this an unfavorable review. Now, after a couple more years (stored at ~65F) it is drinking beautifully. I'm convinced there is a touch of RS in this, but I didn't mind it. The usual reminder not to drink too cool. Also, give this time to open up - it got better over hours with evolving floral notes and spices on top of the invitingly plush frame. Baked apple, hazelnut, marzipan too. Very nice. Wish there were more... (1562 views) | | | Tasted by DaveZack on 8/11/2016 & rated 92 points: We received this bottle from Tablas Creek’s (T.C.) wine club in March, 2014. This varietal is always one of the key, crucial, and significant varietals used in T.C.’s best-of-the-best white blends. The other single varietal bottlings we’ve received over the years were 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2011. The 2010 vintage might have suffered from frost damage that might/could have reduced vineyard production (and perhaps 100% of their production was only used in their usual white blends).
The bouquet for this significant Rhone/Chateauneuf-du-Pape varietal is quite subtle; perhaps I didn’t use the proper vessel/glass. Flavor-wise, a TOTALLY different story; this is a deliciously complex and somewhat rare varietal to most people. Since we’ve been T.C. Vinsiders (their term for wine club members) for almost eight years, I’ve become very familiar and “educated” with Rhone varietals that most Americans don’t know much about.
For anybody who likes but is getting tired of drinking Chardonnay all the time, this varietal (especially T.C.’s 2012 vintage) would be a perfect starting point to “venture-out” to try another varietal that is somewhat similar but different and more complex. This beauty has typical tropical, stone, and white fruit flavors, such as apple, pear, pineapple, mango, peach, apricot, and papaya elements, along with very subtle dried herb elements as well. On the finish, a butterscotch character dances on the tongue, along with some baking spices (thanks to the oak). The wine pours a bit darker than normal/usual and is very rich and creamy, along with fabulous and food-friendly structural elements, such as palate-cleansing and slightly “zippy” tannins. The finish lingers nicely and elegantly for minutes, keeping one’s taste buds busy and active as heck.
This wine paired beautifully with one of my white protein “Usual Suspects” (baked chicken thighs spiced with CostCo’s Simply Asia spice blend). This delicious beauty paired nicely with the chicken and spice blend and would pair well with just about any chicken dish, along with medium-bodied seafood dishes. This wine is fabulously delicious/complex and exhibits sweet/ripe/delicious fruit elements along with subtle dried herb elements, rich and creamy oakiness (though the oak element isn’t obvious and/or overpowering), all beautifully harmonized with the wine’s structural elements that result in a fabulous and delicious wine that has deep and complex flavor characteristics. This wine is drinking PERFECTLY right now and has the structural elements that should allow it to continue to age/mature/develop beautifully for another 2-to-5 years. Once again, if you like Chardonnay but need to try something different (but slightly similar), I highly recommend “going” with T.C.’s Roussanne. I can’t WAIT to “move on” to T.C.’s 2012 Esprit de Tablas Blanc (we have two bottles and that always fabulous blend consists of 75% Roussanne, along with other Rhone/Chateauneuf-du-Pape varietals).
I consider T.C. to EASILY be the best winery in America, because they have a huge variety of wines (white single varietals, white blends, roses, red single varietals, and red blends, along with dessert wines that I’ve never tried) that are ALWAYS good-to-great-to-awesome. President Obama should reward Robert and Jason Haas (T.C.’s founder and son/manager) medals of honor for establishing and running the best winery in America. If I were to win one of those massive lotteries, I would LOVE to “empty-out” T.C.’s inventory/cellar. (1514 views) | | | Tasted by wilypod on 4/26/2016 & rated 89 points: Day 1 Beautiful golden yellow, very ripe in character. Delivers a fat mouthful of flavor but without the finesse and complexity of the 2012 Esprit blanc. Decant, let it breathe for an hour to develop aromatics, then chill it about 20-30 minutes to cool it down to about 55 F. Medium long finish. Worked well with Goan fish curry. 5 + 10 + 17 + 7
Day 2 TBD Still good. A little more floral and peachy. (1515 views) | | | Tasted by bbcc66 on 2/13/2016 & rated 90 points: Decanted for 1 hr. The first glass was minerally & earthy (not that there's anything wrong with that). As it opened up more, tropical fruits & smooth mouthfeel really came forward. Really smooth & easy to drink. Wish I would have decanted it more than 1 hr. Drank over 3 hrs. Was fun to see it evolve as it opened up. Delicious. (1085 views) | | | Tasted by tb_baltimore on 12/31/2015 & rated 90 points: Drinking well right now -- improved with time out of bottle with it becoming more well integrated -- (1083 views) | | | Tasted by WG198 on 8/16/2015 & rated 91 points: Rich full bodied white. Excellent by itself or with a Mahi Mahi dish. (1576 views) | | | Tasted by RogerO on 6/17/2015 flawed bottle: spoiled (1480 views) | | | Tasted by nzinkgraf on 6/4/2015: Roussanne turns amber/orange at harvest. has the same root as the word 'rust.' fruit gets a bit more elevated and is starting to get a little tropical. just a touch of banana. on the palate, a lingering green olive note. (1303 views) | | | Tasted by DodgerDave on 5/29/2015 & rated 86 points: Nice wine. Held up well with Asian chicken salad dinner. Light on fruit but still worth buying more (1307 views) | | | Tasted by SLOFred on 4/11/2015 & rated 89 points: Nice wine. Lacks the complexity of the Esprit. (1426 views) | | | Tasted by tward on 11/29/2014: Disappointing. Maybe going through a "dumb" phase, since I'd purchased this after tasting it. But I'm not sure. I'm really surprised that I'd have tasted this and paid good money for it. It's not that it's bad, but it comes across like an everyday California Chardonnay. It does not seem to have the stuffing to really age, but I'll put down the other bottle I have since there's nothing really to lose at this point. This is boring, monolithic, and a bit cloying; it does nothing for Tablas Creek's reputation. (1622 views) | | | Tasted by buckeye76 on 9/9/2014 & rated 91 points: NUTTY WITH CITRUS, PEACHES, MELONS, AND HONEY. MEDIUM LENGTH FINISH. (586 views) | | | Tasted by wilypod on 6/5/2014 & rated 92 points: Rhone Rangers DC tasting June 4, 2014. Tasted five Rousssanne blends and three varietal Roussannes at this event. This was at the top. Honey, apricot, and hazelnuts, ripe, full bodied but fitted into a mineral frame, already delicious and approachable, and should be held for further development. I'll have to open at least one bottle now. This wine pairs so perfectly with rich fish and seafood. (2252 views) | | | Tasted by Bob in NC on 3/26/2014 & rated 91 points: One of the best 100% Roussanne we have ever had. Need to buy more of this wine. (2115 views) | | | Tasted by snaff on 3/23/2014 & rated 92 points: Light honey in color, smooth viscous mouthfeel. Luscious pear, dried apple, guava with hints of straw and minerals. Very nice. (2082 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
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| Tablas Creek Producer website
Tablas Creek Vineyard, founded by the Perrin family of Chateau de Beaucastel and Robert Haas of Vineyard Brands, is dedicated to growing grape varieties traditional to France's Rhone Valley. The partners chose hilly western Paso Robles for its limestone soils, rugged terrain, and ocean influence. All Tablas Creek wines are estate grown using environmentally sustainable practices.2012 Tablas Creek RoussanneWINE CLUB NOTE (Spring 2014): Nose of honey, nuts, dried, spiced pineapple and lemon zest: think baklava. In the mouth, it's characteristically Roussanne, with honey, pears, and a kiss of sweet oak, but friendlier than normal at this stage, with an appealing saline note coming out on the finish.
Drink over the next 3-4 years, or wait until 2020 and drink over the next decade.
Wine Advocate 89-91 (8/13), Tanzer's Intl Wine Cellar 91 (12/13).Roussanne Wikipedia | Varietal character (Appellation America)USAAmerican 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 Central Coasthttp://www.ccwinegrowers.org/links.html
http://www.discovercaliforniawines.com/regional-wine-organizations/
http://beveragetradenetwork.com/en/btn-academy/list-of-winegrowers-association-in-central-coast-california-274.htm
Central Coast AVA WikipediaPaso Robles Paso Robles Wine Country Alliance
Set apart by unique climate and geography, Paso Robles Wine Country provides prime growing conditions for more than 40 varietals planted over 26,000 acres of vineyards. More than 300 wineries craft this fruit into premium wines, gaining recognition around the world. The fruit, the wines and the distinct environment have quickly made Paso Robles California's third largest and fastest growing wine region. |
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