4/25/2024 - mark.gularte@gmail.com Likes this wine:

Very solid chardonnay that went well with grilled salmon. Some oak, but not overbearing, crisp granny smith apple, not really getting the objectionable acidity that other reviewers have. YMMV.

4/24/2024 - stayhappy21 wrote:

Tasted this wine at the Wines of Germany: German Wine - The Basics Guided Tasting at Prowine Singapore 2024.

Loads of minerals and acidity. The acidity overpowers the sweetness and body, causing the balance in the wine to fall off.

4/25/2024 - SWHighlander Likes this wine:

Enjoyable wine. Had a glass at a Benom, L'Aventure and Clos Solène tasting. Was overshadowed for sure by the L'Aventure Optimus 2016 and L'Aventure Estate Cuvee 2019, and their price points reflect that.

4/25/2024 - blabbott Likes this wine:

This is a big full flavored fruit forward blend. The red fruit is nicely layered with earth. It has low tannins and a nice long finish.

4/23/2024 - Teamrehfeld wrote:

Good. Interesting combination. Rich color and flavor.

4/25/2024 - Dozhdbog Likes this wine:

My prior notes apply. Quite nice.

4/25/2024 - SWHighlander Likes this wine:

GSM blend with heavy Grenache flavors dominating. Great red fruit with low heat, low extract for a New world grenache. Definitely a French touch here in Paso Robles. Had a glass at a tasting of 3 Paso Robles wineries -- L'Aventure, Benom and Clos Solène. This was my favorite.

Grenache 70%, Syrah 17%, Mourvedre 13%. Aged 16 months, 90% of it in neutral oak puncheons and 10% in new oak.

4/25/2024 - jmcmchi wrote:

Not as impressive as my last bottle, but after 15 hours travel my judgement could be off.

4/24/2024 - stayhappy21 wrote:

Tasted this wine at the Wines of Germany: German Wine - The Basics Guided Tasting at Prowine Singapore 2024.

Aromatic nose supported with good structure. Yellow in colour with intense and complex aroma. Yellow stone fruit, with muted melon aromas. Pineapple with fresh minerals.

4/25/2024 - JidR Likes this wine:

From L'Aventure as the partner Champagne house for them.
Medium lemon color. Medium intensity nose with a strong scent of lemon, biscuit, and lemon squares. I also get some orange blossom and ginger.
The palate has a lot of texture going on. Very creamy. Very lemon on the palate with hints of pear and spiced pear. More an elegant style than a power house. Not overly complex but not under representing. The price is a bit much at $45.

4/25/2024 - Mss0904 Likes this wine:

Black cherry, vanilla, grape jelly and cocoa on the nose. Black pepper, currants, and boysenberry on the palate. A bit jammy. Tannins are present but not overpowering, nice acidity and medium finish.

4/25/2024 - spinnin_and_sippin wrote:

Green apples and buttery smoke. Quite tasty. This is on the cusp of being a "big" chardonnay. Viscous. Acid is on the lower end.

I'd probably drink this sooner rather than later, it lost some complexity from last year.

4/25/2024 - Hector Salazar-Reyes Likes this wine:

4/25/2024 - LorenzoIlMagnifico Likes this wine:

Light, somewhat astringent red. Not complex flavors. Currants.

4/25/2024 - MadsW wrote:

This aligns with several other reviews. Flawed.
VA upon opening, and stabile for half an hour until mouse sets in.
All the while it's swaying back and forth from that to memories of Ganevats Plein Sud. Rosewater, strawberries and a green component somewhere.

4/25/2024 - sea_pittie_luvr Likes this wine:

This Pinot has aged so well. The typical spice from this winery has mellowed into a more full body and smooth Pinot. Prunes on the nose and full dark fruit on the plate.

4/25/2024 - ClaytonDave Likes this wine:

Same as prior note. Very intense. Great with a hearty beef dish.

4/25/2024 - beau11 wrote:

I find that the key to schrader is to slow ox. With air most become disjointed but stay beautiful with a slow ox. This wine really opened up at 3 hours. Full bodied and rich with nice acidty and some earthiness. There is a thickness which keeps it from getting a higher score

4/25/2024 - tourproto Likes this wine:

Great classic Pinot as is usually the case with Et Fille. As good as it was on Day 1 after about 15 minutes of air, it still got even better on Day 2

4/25/2024 - Nutty08 Likes this wine:

Strong showing. Just a hint of reduction initially upon opening. Darker fruit profile, black cherry hinting on plums. Ripe, but balanced, as ti's quite fresh. The ripeness gives the palate a sappiness, that quite inviting. Lengthy finish. I'm impressed by the balance and polish. There's no rusticity here whatsoever.

4/21/2024 - Teamrehfeld wrote:

Good. No issues.

4/25/2024 - Genghis88 Likes this wine:

Been a minute since my last bottle and this has improved somewhat. Still a food pairing wine IMHO (Chinese steamed pork buns tonight).

Everything is much more balanced. Nose like red licorice.

Has aged nidely. Notes of iodine, some pencil lead and leather. All tertiary notes. Who knows? This may pick up another point over the coming two years

4/25/2024 - Goofienewfy Likes this wine:

This a gem. Nose is bramble, tree bark, vanilla. Taste is balance all the way acid and tannin but mellowed and good finish. This is peaking in terms of performance.

4/24/2024 - Buff Tannen, USXFel Presidente Likes this wine:

Length & girth
Completely fills the mouth
A reminder that all the best apples taste like other, better fruits, in this case, peaches and limes
Good call on the quinine, Rob Hansult, though I think this is best celebrated, not analyzed
Minor upon opening, opulent on day 2

4/25/2024 - SWHighlander Likes this wine:

Light yellow in color. Neutral white grape varietal aromas like ripe apple. Acidity is medium to medium plus. A touch of tropical notes as well. Overall it seems like a lot more than just 20% Sauv. Chardonnay 80%, Sauvignon Blanc 20%. Fermented in stainless. Aged 5 months in neutral oak (57%), new French oak (24%) and concrete (19%). The stainless gives it a verberation of acidity. No malo. Fun wine. One of the more standout New World chardonnay blends I've had. Not sure the price point is right, but I do really like this wine.

4/25/2024 - lzelman Likes this wine:

Fantastic!!

4/19/2024 - Teamrehfeld wrote:

Ok. Never became a big fan of this wine. Its ok but not remarkable to my liking.

4/24/2024 - stayhappy21 wrote:

Tasted this wine at the Wines of Germany: German Wine - The Basics Guided Tasting at Prowine Singapore 2024.

Notes of cherry, tobacco, leather, salt, liquorice.

Fresh, fruity and refreshing.

4/25/2024 - Friganto Likes this wine:

Ready to drink as soon as you open it. Bright and vibrant fruit on the nose. Blue and black fruit with mature tannins on the palate. A bit of smoke and a hint of green pepper. Soft without being floral, this is a wonderful wine.

4/25/2024 - VineyardVoyagers Likes this wine:

But again

Decant one hour before serving

4/25/2024 - Sanlucar Likes this wine:

Very good and hearty, but this old-world Bordeaux is missing much of the mid-palate and lacking some finesse. Black olives, burnt coffee, rosemarrie, charred oak and strawberry compote. Needs a full day of decanting, or consume a small amount and drink the remainder over the next several days. Probably at peak maturity right now; all should be consumed within the next 3 - 5 years.

4/25/2024 - SWHighlander Likes this wine:

Pale peach color in a Provençal style. Grenache Noir 70%, Grenache Gris 20%, Mouvedre 10%. Aged 3 months in stainless, no malo. Pleasant drinker, enjoyable. Lacks all the acidity of Rhone and Provence rosés, so a bit less complex. But costs much more at $52.

4/25/2024 - Richard123 Likes this wine:

My previous score, 3 years ago, was 86. It has developed enormously since then and is now and excellent, rich and tasty wine.

4/25/2024 - Richard123 Likes this wine:

As previous reviewers describe. Felt a tad oxidized to me, so maybe starting to sunset...

4/25/2024 - Sagan99 Likes this wine:

Pretty good for a Canuck red wine. Not certain how they achieved 14.8% abv, but it's quite good, and it's a reasonable $47CAD.

A single vineyard located in Naramata.
Almost desert conditions, sndy soil, hot in summer days and cooler nights.

Deep Ruby
Dark cherries plums
Chocolate smoke
Earth

Body medium+
Alcohol high
Acid high
Tannins medium+ resolving silky
Viscosity mouthfeel fully enveloping
Finish short less than 30 seconds

Merlot 100%
14.8% abv

A gift from a friend.
It's nice and as much as I'd like to support the Canadian economy, I'll be buying a $47 Merlot from California, Washington State, Bordeaux.
A far better QPR.

PS Drink The Rainbow!

4/25/2024 - Richard123 Likes this wine:

Lighter style, but very good. A touch more tart cherry than some. Good QPR at $16ish

4/25/2024 - Richard123 Likes this wine:

Good mid-level champagne

4/25/2024 - Richard123 Likes this wine:

Great dry wine, nice balance of fruit and tannin.

4/25/2024 - cnr128 Likes this wine:

Wow! Wow! Wow! This is a terrific wine. Big. Bold. Dark. With that said, it’s not overpowering, there’s a lot of layers of flavor….earthy, dark plum, dark…brooding not jammy in the least. And the finish goes on and on and on….

2/27/2024 - chatters wrote:

Leather, earth, sous bois, black and red fruit shows currants, berries, sweet spice with time, very slight farmyard, a little mushroom and leather. Juicy tends to medium pls intensity acidity, fleshy silky, tannins persist super long, wild blackcurrant, earth, sous bois, all travel very long with those tannins. Nice.

2/27/2024 - chatters wrote:

Polished, rich and generous nose shows good quality oak, sweet spice, bacon fat, blackcurrant, plums a little violet, smells younger than the 2011, touch of clay. Juicy and generous here on the palate as well, a little savoury, almost salted liquorice notes joins the black hued fruits, tannins are woody, talc textured and super persistent, a little sous bois joins on the finish with the liquorice slightly more pronounced. Pretty clever

2/27/2024 - chatters wrote:

blackcurrant, earth, leather, sweet spice, a little sweet fruit core, slightly meaty underpin, touch of forest floor, polished oak is integrated, lovely nose. Wetly juicy, fleshy, generous, that sweet fruit core is here as well, tannins are tooled textured slightly drying but in support, long, very good indeed. Another lovely 2011.

2/27/2024 - chatters wrote:

Brooding and dense, red and black hued fruits backed by touches of red currant, slight herbaceous notes, a little pencil shavings. Juicy tends to medium plus intensity acidity, a little red liquorice, plenty of drying woody tannins which prove tight, chewy, a touch of sourness on the finish for me. With time the nose picks up a more candied note though the palate remains all elbows. Like the 2014 it feels a little out of whack.

4/25/2024 - Cote d'Or wrote:

Tasted over 3 hrs
-translucent light-med gold
-sweet white flowers slight tropical note
-med acidity, med- weight sweet yellow fruit floral faintly smoky good length
-quite good for a HCdB

2/27/2024 - chatters wrote:

Dirty glass was replaced. Touch of baked earth(?), blackcurrant, slight mint, sweet spice, after the La Dame this was surprisingly rich and generous; plenty of cedar and oak; caramel. Medium plus intensity acidity, chewy woody tannins over blackcurrant, touch of liquorice, a little plain chocolate, feels like it is still meshing, coming together. Okay.

2/27/2024 - chatters wrote:

Polished oak, plums, sweet spice, very slight tomato leaf, a little forest floor, earth; clay. Medium plus intensity acidity, slightly sour plums lends tartness, dried out mid palate - an impression reinforced by the woody & clumsy tannins, it's a bit out of whack for me. Nah.

2/27/2024 - chatters wrote:

Medium plus intensity aromas of blackcurrant, a little forest floor, polished oak is controlled, cedar, slight cigar box, plums in support, cream. Juicy, medium plus intensity acidity, polished fruit and oak is balanced, tannins integrated, super persistent. Very good.

2/27/2024 - chatters wrote:

Plums, sweet spice, polished oak, a little red berry and blackcurrant underpin, touch of tomato leaf, cream, blackcurrant gains ascendancy on the nose with time. Juicy, fleshy, slightly jubey plum fruits, integrated woody tannin offer a textured burr. Simple(ish) but nice.

2/27/2024 - chatters wrote:

blackcurrant, plums, controlled oak, cream, sweet spice, an odd, slightly gamey almost nutty note here as well as a touch of menthol herbaceousness & rocky minerality. In the mouth it's juicy with the merlot more to the fore offering plums, that gamey nutty note is here as well, woody textured burr, blackcurrant shows on the finish with a little tarry liquorice. Hmm. Gary says it reminds him of the Te Mata Awatea but my recollections of that wine was it being more overtly green capsicum.

2/27/2024 - chatters wrote:

A little gooseberry over green apple and sweaty armpit, a smidge of apple skin lends a savoury quality, slight waxy notes and a pinch of sweet spice. Medium plus intensity acidity, tangy, textured burr, creamy lees, touch of green apple, structured, non-intrusive alcohol warmth on the finish, medium plus length. okay but terrible QPR at 145AUD