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| Community Tasting Notes (average 90.9 pts. and median of 91 pts. in 43 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Bakerbd on 2/16/2024 & rated 93 points: Floral nose, cherries, cranberries, wet leaves, med - body, med + acidity (316 views) | | | Tasted by CPSchoeff on 12/31/2023 & rated 92 points: Translucent orange tinged ruby. Everything I’ve come to expect here with red flowers and bright red fruits with something akin to faint smokiness on the nose. Palate reflects the nose with a thread of mineral structure ever present. Fresh strawberry and florals abound, and the finish is quite persistent. Why not drink these now?? (256 views) | | | Tasted by winespine on 12/1/2023 & rated 92 points: Amazing. What a gorgeous Trousseau, and at a great point in its evolution. We had it right after a 2019 Domaine Baud Génération 9 Côtes du Jura Cousu Main (which I scored 91 earlier in the year), both paired with light cheeses, no decant for either. The spiciness was very similar on both, but I'd give the slight nod to this wine as it's just a little fuller. Sourced from the Bohan Vineyard in Fort Ross/Seaview. (324 views) | | | Tasted by DrewWyman on 7/15/2022 & rated 95 points: Transcending nose. Spice, eucalyptus, bright berries-just beautiful. Bright cherry pops and the palate explodes with wonderful fruit that has what seems like a million different ends. I pulled this honestly because I had a long day and didn't want to think about a $100 bottle of wine, but at the end of the day gave me far more mental stimulation than that expensive cab would have...and maybe that's what I really needed. This is open for business (day 2 honestly no diff than day 1), pop and enjoy! (1119 views) | | | Tasted by GrapeScott on 2/7/2022 & rated 89 points: Lovely transparent ruby color with a bit of auburn to it. The nose is loaded with mineral, chalk, herbal and strawberry notes. The finish is a bit clipped, but the acidity gives it a pleasant, nervous energy. Very similar to a Jura trousseau, and the most "old world" in style of any new world renditions I've tried of this varietal. I'd love to see how these develop but alas, my allocation was but a single bottle. (1355 views) | | | Tasted by khmark7 on 11/16/2021 & rated 90 points: Very Burgundian. Excellent with food. (1370 views) | | | Tasted by MartyL on 11/7/2021 & rated 91 points: Tart-sweet (as distinguished from sweet-tart) cranberry sauce. Savory herbal thing going on too. Cries out for food. A white wine lover’s red wine. (1302 views) | | | Tasted by Ewhite30 on 7/3/2021: Pours faint in color, hazy in body. Decanted, tried after 30 minutes and questioned if the bottle was off. Hours on it’s still herbaceous - green funk pervades. Some juicy red berries too. One dimensional, maybe an off bottle but this just doesn’t stack up with the rest of the Sandlands portfolio. Hopefully the 17s and 19 I have are better. (1525 views) | | | Tasted by lockestep on 6/24/2021 & rated 90 points: Brilliant light red, quaffable light to mid weight summertime bottle. Had enough balance to handle the fruit, but a touch of fruit leads the finish. I would drink up just because it is in such a nice place today. (1395 views) | | | Tasted by R.H. on 10/30/2020: chugged this. so good. (1677 views) | | | Tasted by rtewh on 7/28/2020 & rated 92 points: light with strawberry and floral notes. Felt like there was residual CO2 but I don't think that was the case. The wine danced on the tongue. Fantastic. (1817 views) | | | Tasted by lockestep on 5/15/2020 & rated 90 points: Lighter red color, not pale but translucent. I get more of a strawberry feel than the cherry noted in by others. Did need some extended air, give it 1-2 hours to open. Kind of mismatched against lamb kabob, but not mismatched against the weather - 86 degrees but with a cooling breeze. Served at cellar temp, 50. Probably best suited for kicking back with a cheese plate and enjoying over a summer evening. (2038 views) | | | Tasted by James Kim on 4/17/2020 & rated 90 points: Decanted. Now 1.5h later. Beautiful aromas of flowers, bark, ripe cherries, and a hint of earth. Red cherries, green stems, earth, bark and herbs. Mild tannins on back end. The fruit is a bit leaner on the palate than what the nose might suggest. Still, an elegant texture. More air definitely helps to bring the wine together. Seems to be an in between phase. This is definitely trousseau, shaped by CA with a strong nod to Jura. Will open next bottle in 3-5 yrs to see if there's further evolution. 90+ (1894 views) | | | Tasted by jdcarucci on 3/31/2020: High acid, high toned but a bit thin. It has all of the beautiful red fruit characteristics mentioned by others, but needs to fill in. Hold at least a year, I think. (1827 views) | | | Tasted by jcha24 on 3/28/2020: Another winner from sandlands. (1786 views) | | | Tasted by tomlee on 3/20/2020 & rated 91 points: Light red in color. 12.7% ABV. Pretty nose of red fruits, soil and flowers. Light body with perfect acidity. Bright, crisp and refreshing. Cherries, strawberries, cranberries and minerals on the palate. Medium length on the finish. Perfect bottle for a picnic or a sunny afternoon on the deck. Absolutely delightful. Best over the next several years. (1682 views) | | | Tasted by CPSchoeff on 2/28/2020 & rated 92 points: Translucent reddish purple. A: really pretty burst of a variety of red fruit and flowers... like a mountain meadow full of wildflowers and wild strawberry. Gorgeous. F: pretty red fruited, some mineral cut, palate cleansing citrus.
Wonderful stuff. Seems pretty open and not a whole lot different from a year ago. Drink or hold. (1543 views) | | | Tasted by Rich S on 1/12/2020 & rated 91 points: Consistent with previous bottle. Lovely wine. (1671 views) | | | Tasted by Seafoam Manor on 12/5/2019 & rated 91 points: Wildly floral on the nose. This is like sticking your face into a bunch of roses. Brambly red fruit, more in the light raspberry vein than cherry, grounded with earthy notes. Medium- to light body and medium+ acid keep this very lively and refreshing. There's a deceptive level of tannin that, while still in the medium- range, still add a touch of grip and structure. The fruit seems to have faded a bit from previous bottles, so I would drink these sooner than later. (1667 views) | | | Tasted by khmark7 on 10/5/2019 & rated 87 points: A little of bottle variation here. Charming and pleasant, but only moderate acidity and lacking some zip. Fruit upfront, but i would not consider this too fruity or jammy by any stretch. Ideal red for hot soup on a cooler fall evening in the Midwest. (1802 views) | | | Tasted by adnorthup on 7/19/2019 & rated 92 points: Super fruit Forward. Berries, berries and berries. Some lingering acidity and light tannins. This is delicious and open for business. (2007 views) | | | Tasted by Bakerbd on 6/17/2019 & rated 92 points: Wild red berries, spice, light bodies and fresh, so charming (2094 views) | | | Tasted by VeniceCalif on 5/14/2019 & rated 89 points: Decanted off of a lot of fine sediment. Light plum color with orange-brown flashes. Fine nose of cherries, rhubarb, violets. Light bodied and lithe on the palate, with crisp focus. Quick finish with light grip. (2100 views) | | | Tasted by Dagalaifus on 4/29/2019 & rated 94 points: Tegan Passalacqua deftly crafts the fruit-forward and even extracted wines for Turley Wine Cellars. But this consummate winemaker also creates more graceful and even ethereal red and white offerings for his own label Sandlands. My Sandlands favorite is his Trousseau. For those of you unfamiliar (like me, until a few months ago) with that varietal, it originated in France, where it is made into single-varietal wines, but is perhaps better known as Bastardo (i.e., "Bastard") in Portugal, where it is blended with a hodgepodge of other grapes to become Port. In both France and Sonoma County, where Tegan, sources his New World Trousseau fruit, the wines are a lighter almost a transparent shade of red, but not (I emphasize) pink. His 2016 effort shares a nose and palate of cherry, strawberry, muted baking spices and forest floor. Indeed, in a blind tasting, I fooled a wine snob into incorrectly identifying the wine as a Monterey County Pinot. But the similarity or confusion with Pinot Noir does not do this varietal, and Mr. Passalacqua's remarkable creation from the same, justice. Indeed, if given the choice between the Sandlands Trousseau and any Pinot from California to taste, I would invariably, always and happily choose the Trousseau. Addendum, while I suspect this lighter-bodied wine is meant to be consumed immediately after release, it's noticeably better after an extended decant, which suggests that it will age gracefully for a few more years. Second addendum, I tried the 2017 vintage of this wine, which is an even lighter-bodied version of the stellar 2016. As much as I liked the 2017, it pales (literally and figuratively) in comparison with the 2016. (2343 views) | | | Tasted by markjanes on 3/31/2019 & rated 84 points: California trousseau night…
2017 Method Savage Rorick Heritage is super light in color, very cloudy. on the palate super funky (think lambic beer with spider webs and brett), cranberry, herbal, no oak or malo. on the palate dry, high acids, more flesh on the mid palate than i would have guessed, minimal tannins low alcohol. balanced wine with good length, great intensity, average complexity. clearly if you are drinking this you need to be want that nat’y lambic style… i like this style and enjoyed this wine but 7/10 people will think this is weird and spoiled. Pour appropriately. 2016 Sandilands Trousseau has moderate depth of color and is clear. aromatically quite clean with simple cherry fruit, no oak, no real minerality in there. on the palate high acids, light on the palate, low tannins, low alcohol. balanced wine, short length, good intensity, very low complexity. very simple, pleasant fruit driven clean wine with little sense of varietal or place (i’d have guessed tank NW $15 pinot) but way more friendly to serve to a large group of people. Fun comparison for an esoteric category. Post script 90+ point notes on the Sandlands Troussea for me are really surprising.... for me lacks several key quality elements to be "excellent." (2185 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
| Sandlands Producer website
Sandlands is the personal project of Tegan and Olivia Passalacqua. The line-up encompasses the forgotten classic California varieties, primarily grown in decomposed granite (sand), from regions and vineyards that have been farmed for many generations but have remained the outliers of California viticulture.
Primarily head-trained, dry-farmed and own rooted, the vineyards we work with harken back to California’s roots of exploration, wonder, and hard work. TrousseauTrousseau (also called "Bastardo") is a dark-skinned wine grape originally from Jura, northeastern France, but which has made its way over the centuries to vineyards in northwestern Spain and various parts of Portugal. As one might expect of a well-traveled variety with a long history, it goes by various names, the most notable of which are Bastardo (Portugal), Merenzao and Verdejo Negro (Spain).
Wines made from Trousseau typically have a deep cherry-red color and flavors redolent of dark red berries and other forest fruits. They also tend to be powerfully alcoholic, thanks to the prolific natural sugars of the Trousseau berry and their correspondingly high potential alcohol.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 Sonoma CountyMendocino CountySonoma CountySonoma Coast |
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