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| Community Tasting Notes (average 90.4 pts. and median of 90 pts. in 126 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by ChrisWagner on 1/10/2019 flawed bottle: Past it’s prime and undrinkable (1306 views) | | | Tasted by BrunelloBob on 5/24/2018 & rated 88 points: PnP. White flowers--daisies, white fruit--pear, peach. Mineral, asparagus. A bit more neutral/subtle than NZSB. Inoffensive, but not looking for more. age-faded? (1562 views) | | | Tasted by ucbeau on 3/10/2017: Found this in the cellar, decided to open it just for kicks.
Pours a very pale gold, just a tiny hint of age.
The nose is restrained, with tropical fruit and pear blossom. The barest hint of cut grass shows too.
On the palate there is considerably more body than something from NZ and even a lot of Sancerres. It's balanced very well though, with the acidity and barrel notes working harmoniously together. There is a depth here that everyone found quite satisfying.
Overall an excellent bottle that shows admirable freshness and verve for being 6.5 years old. (2178 views) | | | Tasted by jfagan on 2/28/2015 & rated 92 points: Light brilliant yellow. First note are of citrus--more tangerine than lemon. There is also some smoky minerality on the nose. That palate starts off rather plush but there is plenty of focus and balance to the flavors of citrus, melon and a touch of exotic spice. This lingers nicely on the palate and is quite fresh and refreshing. Drink now to 2018. (3913 views) | | | Tasted by markcic on 1/1/2014 & rated 90 points: Pale yellow in color, the palate is peaches and lemon, not overly citrus with minerals and straw, a really nice finish. (4790 views) | | | Tasted by prasm on 7/31/2013 & rated 90 points: Popped and poured, consumed over 3 hours. Nose: Medium expressiveness, apricot, licorice, lemon and a good dose minerals – crushed rock. Palate: Medium bodied, creamy mouth-feel, peach and lemon attack with a big mineral driven kick mid-palate, plenty of acid appears towards the back-end. Finish: Medium-plus length dominated by minerals and a sense of semi-tart citrus fruit. A bit more mineral driven than my last experience with this about a year ago. (4599 views) | | | Tasted by Acohen on 5/3/2013 & rated 90 points: Grapefruit, lemon and some minerality on the finish. Nice and refreshing (4733 views) | | | Tasted by raydawgone on 11/23/2012 & rated 87 points: White grapefruit dominated, with hints of lemon zest. Sour, green apple on finish. A bit too tart and could be close to end of drink window. (4959 views) | | | Tasted by zheem on 8/15/2012: Continues delicious (4389 views) | | | Tasted by cbbrown3 on 8/8/2012 & rated 92 points: A light golden straw color. Apples, lemon zest, peach, fresh cut grass, flinty minerality, grapefruit, and some baking spices on the fresh and clean nose. Light to medium body with tart, mouthwatering acidity. Big citrus and herbal elements on the palate. White fruit and a bit of peach give way to a load of citrus with the herbal notes and minerals coming in on the back end. Long, lingering finish with the citrus and herbal notes. An outstanding Californian Sauvignon Blanc. (3545 views) | | | Tasted by prasm on 7/28/2012 & rated 92 points: Popped and poured, consumed over 2 hours. Nose: Medium plus expressiveness, lemon tart, tropical fruit,and salty buttered popcorn. Palate: Light to medium bodied, tasty tropical fruit up front, joined by a mineral kick mid-palate turns creamy and slightly sweet again in the back-end. Finish: Medium plus length dominated by tasty tropical fruits with just a hint of minerality. This wine is singing this evening - outstanding. (3079 views) | | | Tasted by zheem on 7/9/2012: Rich and delicious--one of my recent favorite white wines. (2924 views) | | | Tasted by S2 on 6/23/2012 & rated 90 points: Popped and poured...more grassiness than grapefruit on the nose. Nice body for a SB with some green apple, tropical fruits and a hint of tartness. Nice summer wine! (2737 views) | | | Tasted by dhammer53 on 5/27/2012: I last tasted this 1 year ago. My notes ... A little oak on pop n' pour that quickly blew off. I didn't smell any fruit or citrus. A smooth, very easy to drink crisp S/B that was delicious with grilled red snapper. In May 2012, no oak at all. I still didn't smell/taste any fruit. There was nothing unusual about this wine other to say that 4 adults enjoyed it! We drank this SB at brunch with mostly breakfast foods. This was my last bottle. (2901 views) | | | Tasted by Brian Love on 5/21/2012 & rated 91 points: Very good sav blanc - not too grassy but still has zest and even richness (presumably due to the wood). No petrol here.... (2575 views) | | | Tasted by Zonk on 5/21/2012 & rated 87 points: really pronounced petrol on nose so much so that it obscured the fruit a bit. On the palate a bit of tropical fruit. A bit tough for me to rate as it was very atypical for an SB, but definitely a well-made an interesting wine. Apparently the petrol aromas may be related to being predominantly Sauvignon Musque. (2608 views) | | | Tasted by gordoyflaca on 5/13/2012 & rated 91 points: nice minerally pineapple and honeycomb (2609 views) | | | Tasted by The Count on 4/27/2012 & rated 90 points: Very Californian, big and rich, with a Chardonnay-like mouth feel. (2742 views) | | | Tasted by meatman on 4/23/2012: Very nice. Wish I had bought more. (2619 views) | | | Tasted by Acohen on 4/2/2012 & rated 89 points: Enjoyable with grapefruit and some minerality (2850 views) | | | Tasted by silton on 4/1/2012 & rated 90 points: april fools wine tasting; 4/1/2012-4/2/2012 (Scott & Todd's): Opened 3/31. Modestly rich for a SB, with tropical grapefruit and increasing grassiness with air. Few notes taken by me or anyone, with more attention being paid to the less familiar wines floating around at the same time. Solid SB, but in my mind just a SB. (3544 views) | | | Tasted by curtispomeroy on 3/24/2012 & rated 89 points: A very nice version of CA sauvignon blanc without the stereotypical grass/cat pee features that I do not care for. I still prefer the Merry Edwards SB but that also costs about $15 more. I will keep buying for at least several more years to see where Morgan takes this. Very good stuff. (2979 views) | | | Tasted by ggolec on 3/18/2012: Popped and poured and this definitely improved with some air. Nose is pretty tight but shows some grapefruit and other citrus. Tight in the mouth as well but after some air the fruit is the star. Showed nice, crisp grapefruit and lime, and a touch of minerality. I'd definitely recommend at least 45 minutes of air. (3226 views) | | | Tasted by fine137 on 3/11/2012 & rated 90 points: Solid, a bit less grapefruit than many SB's, which is good for me. (3146 views) | | | Tasted by Loren Sonkin on 1/30/2012 & rated 88 points: Dinner with Friends (Steve & Julie's): This was nice as well. It needed some air to open up. Not as nice a nose as the floral drive Virginia Viognier next to it. It was tight on the nose with some grapefruit. It had more body to it and worked a bit better with the food. Some complexity. I would have preferred a bit more going on though. It was a very solid wine but my expectations were higher. (4028 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
| By Josh Raynolds
Vinous, May/June 2011, IWC Issue #156
(Bedrock Wine Company Sauvignon Blanc Kick Ranch Sonoma County) Subscribe to see review text. |
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| Bedrock Wine Co. Producer website2010 Bedrock Wine Co. Sauvignon Blanc Kick RanchThe 2010 rendition of this wine, from the steep and rocky slopes of Kick Ranch, is dominated by the aromatic Musque-clone along with the more mineral, citrus-laden, clone 317. Like last year, the majority of the wine was barrel-fermented in once, twice, and thrice, used French oak barrels of very tight grain from Bordelaise coopers. In addition, roughly 7% of the wine was aged in a new Acacia barrel coopered for me by Tonnellerie Rousseau. Fermented using native yeasts in barrel and stirred on a bi-monthly basis for additional richness the wine was not allowed to undergo malolactic to ensure brightness of fruit and general vivacity. Thirteen barrels made.Sauvignon 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 Sonoma CountyMendocino CountySonoma CountySonoma Coast |
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