| Wine Type | Vintage Name Variety Locale | Date Posted Score Helpful Comments Comment Date Community Score More... |
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2004 Scholium Project Babylon Tenbrink VineyardsCalifornia Petite Sirah more |
3/2/2010 - Loweeel wrote: 92 pointsInky, massive, brooding, but not overpowering. Still a baby, but fucking delicious. Great Suisun dark fruits. A lovely petite. |
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2007 Scholium Project The Prince In His Caves FarinaSonoma Mountain Sauvignon Blanc more |
12/25/2009 - rjhilgers@gmail.com wrote: 91 pointsThe Prince in His Caves blend is, technically, a Sauvignon Blanc...but, this wine is unlike anything I've tasted in the Sauvignon Blanc category. First off, when I poured it into my glass, it was cloudy and the color of an almost ripe apricot. Not white, not yellow, but more of an orange color. Definitely, the most unusual color I've seen in a white wine (without getting into a discussion of MD 20/20 or Boones Farm, which don't really count as wines anyhow) and I was intrigued from the first pour. On the nose, this wine is pure apricot. At first I got peach - as sweet as a peach Jolly Rancher - but, as it warmed up a bit, the flavor became richer and a bit more sophisticated, much more like an apricot. There's also a little pineapple, honey and a touch of roasted marshmallow - even taking on some mild characteristics of a Semillon or even a sweet Riesling. Not nearly that sweet, but certainly has some of the same tropical fruit and raisin qualities. Very interesting and complex on the nose. On first taste, I was taken aback by how much it tasted like the nose...again, pure apricot, part ripe, part dried. There's also some tart lemon and good honey taste, but more of a light honey, not a dark rich honey. It's much drier like a Sauvignon Blanc, as opposed to a Semillon or Riesling, and doesn't have much of a front-end. This one arrives at mid-palate, then explodes into the finish, lasting longer than most whites.
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| White |
2002 Sine Qua Non Whisperin' ECentral Coast White Rhone Blend more |
12/7/2009 - Mrbuzz wrote: 94 pointsStarting to darken in color, yet still has a brite shiny gold to it. Wonderful smoky match strike, hazelnut, apricot nose. Still very young in the mouth...almost tingly with citrus acidity. Has all the classic flavors of apricots, peaches, hazelnut butter, dried tobacco, vanilla oak barrel spice.....signature Alban Roussanne match strike smokiness. Still has some sharpness on the finish at times.....very rare to see a SQN wine NOT in perfect balance. If blind, I would guess Alban Roussanne, instead of SQN, because of the slight imperfection. But still...this wine is aging quite well....and tasting super right now. Too bad this is my last bottle....would be happy to cellar a few more for the years to come.
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| Red |
2001 Château de Beaucastel Châteauneuf-du-PapeRed Rhone Blend more |
4/4/2010 - ekenneth wrote: 99 pointsIncredible Beaucastel, drinking very well right now. Who knows with age it could turn into a denser viscous fig and spice-box monster like the 89 or thin like the 96, but right now it's just what I want from this wine.
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| White |
2008 Scholium Project Riquewihr Lost Slough VineyardsClarksburg Gewürztraminer more |
4/3/2010 - Cheryl wrote: NROdds, Ends and Unusual Bottles (Eric's Home, NYC): I don't recall having had a dry gewurztraminer before, but this could have used more sweetness. Lots of one note citrus. Uninteresting, just odd.
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| White - Sparkling |
NV Jacquesson & Fils Champagne Cuvée No. 733Champagne Blend more |
3/28/2010 - castle2 wrote: 87 pointsWas underwelmed by this as it came highly recommended by some vayniac. Seemed one dimensional. My lady said it started sweet then went dry. I thought it was just dry. Expectations may have killed this bubbly.
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| Red |
1996 Château Cos d'EstournelSt. Estèphe Red Bordeaux Blend more |
3/14/2010 - Winevestor wrote: 94 pointsI was lucky and had the 99 cos earlier in the evening followed by this 86 later. They were difficult to tell apart! Although the 86 is now 24 years old it is still vital and youthful. Formidable structure and big backbone of fruit. A classic Cos. This is not for the faint-hearted and I'm glad I was pairing it with steak. Deep blueberry, leather and a whiff of the bell pepper nose.
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Comment posted by KristianT:
4/5/2010 6:58:00 AM - This wine is definitely in its infancy still, but how long time do you think it will take for it to mellow and mature?