Community Tasting Notes 10

• Rbhan12 Likes this wine: 93 points

  March 28, 2024 - Really took me by surprise. One of the few white rhones I've had that was extremely enjoyable. Most are fat and flabby and lacking acidity, but not here.
  
  Pretty orchard fruit, lemon, sliced pears, yellow flowers. Layered, complex, with density and richness but stays comparatively light due to the acidity.
  
  One of those wines that changes how your perception of a style/region.

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• Montesquieu Likes this wine: 97 points

  March 2, 2024 - Wow, this really rocked my world. Nothing like any other Rhone blanc I've had before. It surprisingly combined my favorite Chardonnay flavor (toasted bread crust) and my favorite Chenin Blanc flavor (flint/matchstick, e.g. Guiberteau Breze). It had the soft mouthfeel of a Rhone blanc without the sweet floral notes. A revelation I'll look to repeat.

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• GuanYu Likes this wine: 98 points

  February 7, 2024 - Pale yellow-gold with green tint, slightly cloudy. An orchard of yellow fruits. Citrus, lemon, yellow apple, peach, pear and scented flowers. Toasted barrel, oak, gunpowder, flint, salinity and minerality. Medium-full bodied, medium-high acidity, medium-high structure, and medium alcohol. Complex, layered and finesse. Excellent mid-palate. Oak tannin was quite overwhelming, but supported by abundance of fruits and sharp acidity. Long finish with beautiful tension on the palate.
  
  This was nothing like your standard Rhone blanc. Long term cellaring potential, but ready to enjoy now. I would suggest breathing for at least 2 hours or consider decanting if drinking this bottle within the next few years.
  
  Addendum (2/15/2024): I opened a bottle of 2019 Arioso Blanc a week later. Arioso is one level higher than Magis. The two bottles tasted pretty much the same, both outstanding. Arioso was a little more concentrated and powerful than Magis. It didn't make Magis less desirable, just different style. Given Arioso Blanc was twice the price of Magis and also less availability, I would choose Magis over Arioso if I had to pick one or the other.

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• StefanAkiko Likes this wine: 95 points

  November 18, 2023 - Winferno in Umeå (Stöcksjö, Umeå): Winner of the flight with 5/9 votes.
  Yellow.
  Great floral and citrus-based aroma.
  In the mouth it has a fabulous build and an amazing acidity. Yumm! Want to drink a lot more of this.
  
  In my mouth, it behaved like a much more expensive Bgn. With all the restraint, beauty and acidity that you can ever wish for.
  
  My blind guess: Bgn from a slightly older vintage.
  
  This is an extremely ambitious wine. Bravo!

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• Dibbs Does not like this wine: 80 points

  October 7, 2023 - Pretty much everything I dislike in white wines. Extremely reductive, massive dose of oak on the nose. People at the table seemed to love it. For me it was atrocious, guess my palate quite different from the people at the table.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2019
• Type White
• Producer Rotem & Mounir Saouma
• Varietal White Rhone Blend
• Designation Blanc Magis
• Vineyard n/a
• Country France
• Region Rhône
• SubRegion Southern Rhône
• Appellation Châteauneuf-du-Pape
• UPC Code 4000149963477

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• Pending Delivery 11 (3%)
• In Cellars 319 (85%)
• Consumed 45 (12%)

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