Light straw color, bright quality. The nose on this wine is off the charts, Asian pear,perfume, and spring flowers. A bit fruit forward on the attack but immediately backed but with a balancing salinity. Yellow apple and yellow pear flavors. Medium weight yet soft mouthfeel and a lingering finish. One of my favorites and perfect pairing for seafood.
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Popped and poured, and then let it warm up just a bit from the fridge. Great aromatics of flowers, honey, and minerals. Excellent palate of pears, stone, honeysuckle.
I bought 3 of these recently, and plowed through 2 quite quickly - an excellent bottle of wine that hits my sweet spot. This and Calicaro are probably my 2 favorite Viogniers right now. All of the qualities I want without overdoing it.
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Consumed over ~2 hours at cool room temp. A fresh, lively rendition with pear & stone fruit complemented by floral notes and a nice underlying acidity. Beautifully dry and light, particularly for a viognier from CA. Very well done.
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Delicious. One of my wine drinking buds, who isn't much of a white wine guy, loved it. Minerally, with deep stone fruit flavors, but nothing too much or too OTT. Well-balanced. I just wish I hadn't been sharing it with 4 other folks so that I could have had more.
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Twist and pour. I get the honeysuckle others have commented on, it's very prominent. An unctuous core of peach skin, pear jam and orange. Light hit of fennel of anise in the finish, too. I am enjoying this, will be pairing it with some cheeses shortly and see how that dynamic works.
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Loads of honeysuckle on the nose and palate. A little of the viscosity that you might expect from a Viognier, but this is made in more of a dry, acidic style. Everyone really enjoyed this.
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Falltacular 2013 (FMIII in the OC): This now my favorite Viognier with the Alban. Honeysuckle and pear aromas. The palate is sweet pear, apple, and a touch of honeysuckle in the background. Not over the top but full flavor and wildly enjoyable.
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This bottle needed more time to settle than the prior one I had as well as barrel samples. With aeration, the glycerined pineapple and melon notes come into balance with the wine's impressive acidity. Less floral than I observed before, but with a dry richness I really appreciate as a daily drinker and/or alongside food.
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A gift from the winemaker (who is a friend, but he knows I would and am being brutally honest): The bouquet gives a hint of pleasures that await. The touch of citrus and pear gives way on the palate to a glycerined coating of pineapple and honeydew melon, through to a satisfying finish where a touch of jasmine emerges. True to the varietal, yet also richer in many ways. A satisfying wine that will be an even more impressive value once on the store shelves.
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4/12/2014 - brigcampbell wrote:
Light straw color, bright quality. The nose on this wine is off the charts, Asian pear,perfume, and spring flowers. A bit fruit forward on the attack but immediately backed but with a balancing salinity. Yellow apple and yellow pear flavors. Medium weight yet soft mouthfeel and a lingering finish. One of my favorites and perfect pairing for seafood.
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1/2/2014 - Scott Butler Likes this wine:
Popped and poured, and then let it warm up just a bit from the fridge. Great aromatics of flowers, honey, and minerals. Excellent palate of pears, stone, honeysuckle.
I bought 3 of these recently, and plowed through 2 quite quickly - an excellent bottle of wine that hits my sweet spot. This and Calicaro are probably my 2 favorite Viogniers right now. All of the qualities I want without overdoing it.
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11/22/2013 - bretrooks wrote: 90 Points
Consumed over ~2 hours at cool room temp. A fresh, lively rendition with pear & stone fruit complemented by floral notes and a nice underlying acidity. Beautifully dry and light, particularly for a viognier from CA. Very well done.
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7/21/2013 - Frank Murray III wrote:
Boy this drank good. Aromatics were lively--ginger, honeysuckle, floral and then the palate was nice and zingy, balanced. Really stood out, delciious.
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7/17/2013 - PIntag wrote: 90 Points
Love this wine in summer!
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7/4/2013 - Colima74 Likes this wine: 92 Points
Delicious. One of my wine drinking buds, who isn't much of a white wine guy, loved it. Minerally, with deep stone fruit flavors, but nothing too much or too OTT. Well-balanced. I just wish I hadn't been sharing it with 4 other folks so that I could have had more.
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6/17/2013 - scott w Likes this wine: 90 Points
A refreshing cali Viognier not oily or heavy, some pear and orange zest plus melon and honeysuckle good acidity. Love this stuff
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5/5/2013 - brigcampbell wrote: 92 Points
Tercero Dinner - Now we're all uncomfortable (FMIII in the OC): Same note as on 2/17/13 @ falltacular. I really like this wine. Bought a 6 pack, 'nuff said.
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5/4/2013 - Frank Murray III wrote:
Tercero Dinner in the OC with Larry Schaffer (My House In The South OC): I starred this wine in my notes. Lime, tangerine, anise, really good, with a core of acid in the finish. Another one to order. Excellent viognier.
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4/20/2013 - Frank Murray III wrote:
Twist and pour. I get the honeysuckle others have commented on, it's very prominent. An unctuous core of peach skin, pear jam and orange. Light hit of fennel of anise in the finish, too. I am enjoying this, will be pairing it with some cheeses shortly and see how that dynamic works.
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3/24/2013 - PIntag wrote: 90 Points
Loads of honeysuckle on the nose and palate. A little of the viscosity that you might expect from a Viognier, but this is made in more of a dry, acidic style. Everyone really enjoyed this.
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2/17/2013 - brigcampbell wrote: 92 Points
Falltacular 2013 (FMIII in the OC): This now my favorite Viognier with the Alban. Honeysuckle and pear aromas. The palate is sweet pear, apple, and a touch of honeysuckle in the background. Not over the top but full flavor and wildly enjoyable.
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1/19/2013 - JonnyG Likes this wine: 91 Points
This bottle needed more time to settle than the prior one I had as well as barrel samples. With aeration, the glycerined pineapple and melon notes come into balance with the wine's impressive acidity. Less floral than I observed before, but with a dry richness I really appreciate as a daily drinker and/or alongside food.
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12/14/2012 - JonnyG wrote: 92 Points
A gift from the winemaker (who is a friend, but he knows I would and am being brutally honest): The bouquet gives a hint of pleasures that await. The touch of citrus and pear gives way on the palate to a glycerined coating of pineapple and honeydew melon, through to a satisfying finish where a touch of jasmine emerges. True to the varietal, yet also richer in many ways. A satisfying wine that will be an even more impressive value once on the store shelves.
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5/2/2012 - brigcampbell wrote:
Jersey Girls Road Trip - A Story by the Chauffeur; 4/27/2012-5/2/2012 (Solvang, CA): This came from a barrel sample. More accurately it was poured from an unlabeled bottle straight from the winery. Nose and palate showing floral and citrus in a very expressive way. Well balanced yet more forward than the '10 which is terrific.
While Tercero isn't even finished with this wine yet, it looks like a blockbuster.
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