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| Community Tasting Notes (average 95.2 pts. and median of 95 pts. in 51 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by JDRFoster on 4/5/2024 & rated 97 points: Really a beautiful bottle of wine, with an unexpected blend that offered a rich, round, layered and full bodied experience, with a bright lift at the finish, and a pleasant evolution throughout the evening, while being enjoyed with a variety of foods during a multicourse gourmet meal. (905 views) | | | Tasted by englishman's claret on 12/2/2023: White peach, white pepper, apricot, viscous in the mouth, very alcoholic. Not particularly enjoyable. (2341 views) | | | Tasted by slywka7 on 11/24/2023 & rated 95 points: Aromas of honeysuckle, lemon oil, mineral…nose a little tough to get right next to a char coal grill. Flavors of honeysuckle, tangerine, vanilla, mineral and lemon oil. Ends with a long finish of 40 seconds with quince and mineral notes. (1505 views) | | | Tasted by jeremy@ on 11/17/2023 & rated 91 points: Very expressive nose with apricot. (1683 views) | | | Tasted by MC on 10/2/2023: PNP. Young in color. Bright and crisp yet with great length. The blend is such that you don't immediately think Chardonnay, which was nice given we paired it with multiple dishes. Apricots, pear, an oily long finish. Really nice and seems to be in a very good place but should be there for a while. A= (2090 views) | | | Tasted by Peter Z. on 8/19/2023 & rated 99 points: Double decant followed by 2 hour wait does wonders (1897 views) | | | Tasted by Tangeray on 8/3/2023 & rated 100 points: Truly an amazing and unique white. Special to savor. (1508 views) | | | Tasted by huntinpagan on 6/22/2023 & rated 96 points: Dispensed half the bottle with a Coravin. Burnished golden color. Nose of Granny Smith apples, dried lemon peel, apricot and white flowers. Dense rich palate with waxy/oily texture. Apricots, orange marmalade, tropical fruits, citrus, and wet stones. It has a zippy streak on the layered finish where the acidity and minerality take the forefront.
A tiny bit disjointed right now. I think a bit more time in bottle might smooth out the angles a bit.
Revisited the next day and found the wine to be smoother and less disjointed. Reccomend a short term hold.
This has everything one would want from this style of wine. I rate it a 96 at this time with real potential for improvement in the future. (1949 views) | | | Tasted by Jzboxtas on 6/20/2023 & rated 90 points: Not my favorite, alcohol too pronounced at this point, needs age. (1859 views) | | | Tasted by Zweder on 6/10/2023 & rated 96 points: Beautiful bouquet with ripe tropical fruits. Same on the palate, beautiful and mild acidity, full bodied and tasty with a firm amount of sweetness. Beautiful wine. (1593 views) | | | Tasted by msuwine on 4/28/2023 & rated 91 points: The kitchen-sink white blend is always hard to judge, especially when it’s made in the SQN style. Although I do not worship at the altar of typicity, I kept trying to compare this wine to something. At times, it tasted like an oaky Sauvignon Blanc (viscous but grassy) or a leaner Sauternes (sweet but nervy). As with any SQN, the adjectives come easy: this is thick, flavorful, nutty, energetic, and oily.
Is it good? Sort of, but it's quite messy, especially at this price point (and at the five-year mark). Set aside the rarity and reputation and whatever else: I'd rather spend this money on a Premier Cru Puligny-Montrachet or Aubert Lauren, something more fresh and elegant (as opposed to baked and clunky). Maybe this needs more time, but at the moment it just seems like a fifth-grade point guard dribbling in all directions - lots of motion, but little progress.
The wine is banana yellow in color with a mouthfeel that is half-and-half fulsome. The aromas are somewhat muted, with notes of honeydew, beeswax, and marzipan, and the flavors are integrated, offering apricot, buttered toast, peanut brittle, and lemon rind, with a briny and zingy finish (think orange juice). Blend of 38% Chardonnay, 25% Viognier, 22% Roussanne, 9% Muscat, and 6% Petit Manseng (with some unquantifiable % of WTF). 15.2% alcohol.
Tasty but idiosyncratic, this is less a wine than a cocktail (i.e., a blend of disparate pieces). Perhaps my palate is too small to taste the multitudes; perhaps I unfairly prefer purity over drama; perhaps this is Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 3... but right now it sounds like a teenager banging on the piano. 91+ at the moment, but give it another few years. (2615 views) | | | Tasted by bubbachumps on 3/29/2023 & rated 98 points: Shear's 95-100 point tasting (Shear's Grotto): Dark yellow in color, nose of apricot, vanillin, orange peel and powdered white flowers. Incredible power and richness to this Medium to full-bodied white with a creamy and integrated feel on the palate. A delicious wine that is drinking at peak now with some life ahead of it. finished 1 of 2 in the whites flight, my 1 of 2. (2451 views) | | | Tasted by Mrbuzz on 2/22/2023 & rated 97 points: 38% Chardonnay, 25% Viognier, 22% Roussanne, 9% Muscat and 6% Petit Manseng...open in bottle for an hour...SUPER unctuous and flat out AMAZING texture in this...oily and waxy EVOO-ish with bright and zippy lemon/grapefruit/tangerine squeeze that totally lifts the rich ripe fruits of apricot, pineapple, peach, dried mango...has a tropical flare to it...pretty honeysuckle, white flower, and lemongrass florals...KILLER spice kick with the extended barrel age...exotics of white honey butter, hot buttered rum spice, 50/50 creamsicle...such a amazing mouthful of pleasure here...but that texture is really blowing me away, and setting this wine apart from other SQN whites. Love this right here...but intrigued what a few more years will bring! (2507 views) | | | Tasted by Geoff on 1/26/2023 & rated 96 points: Gorgeous tropical fruit notes, need a little air to open up and blossom. Seems to be settling down. A little more smooth and unctious. Impressive neutral oad vanillin notes. Very impressive. (2434 views) | | | Tasted by Simoncino on 1/9/2023 & rated 95 points: What to say about a young wine like this? Most either love it or hate it. The color is almost that of an orange wine, and there is noticeable tannin on the palate. I often wonder how Manfred gets the whole tropical, mango, passion fruit nose out of his whites. Is there a gimmick? Crowd pleaser and always a "wow" wine among California fans. Will open the next one in a decade or so. (2590 views) | | | Tasted by lozatron on 11/24/2022: Thanksgiving Wimps 2022 - James Baldwin Table (La Trompette): What a nose! Some discussion of peach or peach stone - this seems right although i'm not sure it's not autosuggestion. Wonderful mouthfeel - this is like a really good (and also utterly fault free) white Chateauneuf. A truly special wine - and a privilege to drink - but unlike the chardonnays which preceded it, a couple of glasses would be enough. (2433 views) | | | Tasted by Sundbyberg on 11/8/2022 & rated 93 points: Tasting: Like all wines from Sin Qua Non this is a very special wine. Not as extreme as their red wines, but certainly a white wine with a lot of charachter. (2708 views) | | | Tasted by Thirsty1 on 10/10/2022: You can argue these are the most impressive and thought provoking domestic white wines produced. I'm aware of NorCal whites and I've had plenty of Oregon and Washington whites as well. I'm troubled to think of more complete American white wine. I'll put Marcassin and Koonsgaard in that conversation. I can compare this to some monopole wines and Rhone producers that compete with this, but nothing is on par with this in the US. Tasting note here repeats to my 6/22 note. I'd be interested to hear what other people prefer to this. (2670 views) | | | Tasted by SalN on 9/24/2022 & rated 91 points: It was just ok. I have had great whites and this doesn’t muster up. (2357 views) | | | Tasted by LiteItOnFire on 8/21/2022 & rated 93 points: My first SQN white non-dessert wine and it didn’t disappoint. No notes due to running around but was an awesome complex great mouthfeel. Will pay more attention to the next bottle- and one I very much look forward to experiencing again. (3629 views) | | | Tasted by Papies on 7/7/2022 & rated 96 points: Rhone blend we guess and indeed a special wine deserving the hype. Surprisingly well mannered on the oak and the wine owns and carries the oak very well and even more impressive it it not heavy on the ripeness. Just very harmonious and effortlessly expressive. Impressive wine easy 95-96 (2822 views) | | | Tasted by Thirsty1 on 6/20/2022: Dark hued yellow. Viscous with the texture of skim milk. A hefty white showing white flower, stone fruit, pit fruit and complimentary tropical fruit in the background. Layered like a flight of stairs and well knitted, it's all together. Thought provoking white that has a lot of time to go. (2476 views) | | | Tasted by zimmy07 on 5/28/2022 & rated 92 points: I collect the SQN reds and every once in a while I get all geared up to get some more whites. And every time, I am less than impressed. They are like the reds, pushing the limits without going over. The reds can handle it better IMO. This was sweet, the components showed through really well, no doubt crafted nicely. You can pick up the different grape types. Thick and rich, viscos, with pineapple, melon, and slate. Bit sweet at this stage. A good wine but I think it needs more time, I don't like the reds young, needs 10+ years, the whites need time as well to calm down. My fualt pening too soon, this will be far better in 5 years IMO (2661 views) | | | Tasted by A&C on 5/27/2022 & rated 99 points: This was extraordinary. The layers of flavors. The finish. The complexity. The yummy delicious flavor. The beautiful color. A pure work of art. (2405 views) | | | Tasted by cadamson on 4/20/2022: The nose is glorious, a tropical forest of notes. Rich and oily on the palate, with enough acidity to even it out. (2821 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
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A blend of Antao, Arinto, Rouperio. 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
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