April 18, 2021 - Dark yellow with cloudiness like an interesting urine sample. Heavy passionfruit on nose. 30 second finish. My last bottle of his vintage - properly cellared and held up beautifully. My favorite wine of Abe's and testimony to my belief that he has a real touch with white wines. Thank you Abe!
March 26, 2016 - I'm not sure I've ever had a wine that smelled so vividly of passionfruit. Apricot, wheat, pink grapefruit, apricot, one of those wines that smells deceptively like late harvest and looks like one too despite being dry. Interesting more than good, but quite enjoyable with the right food.
June 16, 2015 - This has a distinct pine cone note on the nose, along with grapefruit and herbs. The palate is more citrus along with notes of nectarine, herbs, pine and florals. Light acidity, medium minerality.
November 21, 2014 - Not for me. All sorts of interesting, non-traditional aromas and flavors going on here but not sure I was enjoying many, if any, of them.
July 1, 2014 - - Last bottle. Consistent with previous notes. Still quite pleasurable, if a little less aromatic. I was concerned about longevity, but it seems as if this bottle is still going strong. Opens quite nicely after about 40 minutes. Drink or hold.
April 29, 2014 - Interesting bottle, like all of Abe's wines. Cloudy gold color in the glass. Oily on the palate, with lots of grapefruit and citrus. Food friendly, as there is ample acid, but in the end this was not a particularly memorable SB.
March 23, 2014 - Score of 75 and above are reserved for wine free of major faults. Most producers try to hide faults, but this wine shows it proudly, and it's awful. Raw pork, apricots, pineapple, elder flower, mushrooms, some tannin from skins and seeds.
The real problem is the raw pork. Microbial contamination.
November 12, 2013 - This is a weird one. Cloudy and unappetizing in appearance, intense nose of lychee with hints of ammonia. On the palate it even tastes ... "cloudy." Like a flat, over-extracted sauvignon blanc. But it's still somehow interesting and appealing, since I couldn't stop sipping on it. One for the wine nerds, for sure.
August 12, 2013 - Scholium Tastings (RT NYC): Skin contact. Not as ripe as the 08 with lemon, lime and tea on the nose. Palate is more exotic though.
June 4, 2013 - Nice yellow colour, unfiltered/slightly cloudy. Lime and smoke on the nose, very expressive. White stone and citrus fruit on the plate, great freshness, lingering, long finish, really quite unique.