still much life left in this bottle; light golden straw in color; bright and grassy/herbaceous, nice acidic backbone, med-light bodied, 12.5%; paired well with genoa salumis and harder/sharper cheeses.
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Very nice showing. I was surprised by how vibrant and fun this '12 was after four years in bottle. It leans toward kerosine and green tea rather than fresh fruit. The structure cuts through food and the finish lingers plenty long enough to contemplate. I'd say drink now, but who knows with the screw top enclosure?
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Fascinating rubber and citrus on the nose with a racy grapefruit/lime follow through. Paired with with a veggie hand pie, cutting through the rich crust. Fun, unique white.
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Straw in the glass, quick forming tears, nose is aromatic at the chin with citrus blossoms and earth, ripe fruits on the zippy palate with tangerine and Texas ruby red grapefruit. Very nice, well made high quality wine.
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Wines At Our Table; Week of October 18th 2015; 10/12/2015-10/18/2015: Pale yellow color with beeswax, lemon,lime peel, wet stone and a bit of white flower aromas. In the palate it's medium-bodied, and well-balanced with vibrant acidity and apricot, Apple, citrus flavors and an appealing minerality. Lingering finish.
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Tasted in a three-vintage lineup of 2012, 2013, and 2014. All stored since release. On opening, 12 came across as a bit astringent and acidic, with a bit of tanginess, while the 13 and 14 were sequentially richer and more lush, with everyone preferring 14. After an hour of air, they all gained weight and richness, with the effect that 12 became beautifully balanced and complex, while 14 ended up just feeling heavy, especially on a hot day. Leave 13 and 14 alone, and let 12 air for an hour if opening now. Serve at 50ish.
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Crisp and still in a refreshing primary mode, all zest, flint and mineral, and citrus a la pamplemousse, the way I like Vermentino. Wonder if it can age like a Premier cru Chablis? Great QPR! 88+
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Pale yellow, moderately expressive nose with some earthiness, palate is vibrant with pronounced sweet/tart flavor of mandarin orange and lime blossoms, crisp acidity and minerality leads to a long clean finish.
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We got this bottle from TC’s wine club in September, 2013. The bouquet is slightly floral, along with stony and white fruit elements. It almost smells like a Riesling. This is a fabulously clean, lean, steely white, exhibiting crisp fruit characteristics, like apples and pears. There are herbal secondary flavor elements, along with a prominent minerally/stony essence. All of those flavor and bouquet characteristics are backed-up by fantastic acidity and tannins; this wine is gorgeously well-structured. If you like Rieslings, you’ll LOVE this wine as well. I paired this wine with a pan-seared salmon steak spiced with sea salt, freshly-cracked black pepper, and Herbs de Provence; it was a match made in heaven!!!! The acidity, tannins, and stony/steely elements were a perfect counterbalance to the salmon’s rich, fatty texture. Since this wine is texturally/structurally almost identical to Riesling, this wine would also pair well with just about any seafood dish, though it’s a PERFECT match with salmon. I’m assuming this wine did not touch an ounce of oak during its transition from the vineyard to the bottle. If you like clean, crisp, stony, minerally, lean, well-structured whites that have a laser-like precision/essence, this one’s a Winner Winner Chicken Dinner!!!!
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Nice, tart Paso vermentino. A hint of fresh cut lemon and some floral notes on the nose. On the palate, nice lemon/lime citrus with some wet stone and vibrant acidity. There's a touch of fresh apricot and bees wax on the finish.
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I'm going to do two reviews here for the same bottle of wine. The first is PnP and the second is the second night.
PnP: A disappointment. I'd had a couple of bottles a year or so ago and did not write public tasting notes, but the wine was really nice (probably "upper 80s" maybe 90 in points). Now it's quite grape-y, simple, and too tart, though it does hang on to some floral notes and minerality.
2nd Night: The remaining ~half bottle was suctioned and refrigerated. After allowing the temperature to come up this remainder was consumed. It was a different wine from the first night. The acid and tartness were pleasant. The orchard fruit - lemon, apple - and flower blossom notes opened up and it showed a pronounced minerality. Really enjoyable.
For whatever reason - perhaps it's a fragile wine and my decent, but not ideal storage conditions gave it problems - the wine on PnP was not worthy of the winery nor price point. The overwhelming acid may have been partially addressed by suctioning. Interestingly, a Tablas Creek blog post recently warned against suctioning wine, because it can draw out CO2, increasing pH and causing the wine to taste flat. Well, in this case that may have been what the doctor ordered. (http://tablascreek.typepad.com/tablas/2014/11/worried-about-preserving-an-opened-bottle-just-stay-cool.html)
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Bright and citrusy, medium weight mouthfeel. Long finish. Drank with grilled halibut with Provencal herb rub.
It smells like grapefruit and lemon. It tastes like lemon and grapefruit. The body is medium. The wine has satin-like texture. The wine finishes long. The wine has medium acidity.
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Simply beautiful. Wheat hued with ample legs and featuring a lilting grassy, mineral, honeysuckle bouquet and then juicy melon and orange notes on the palate. Medium bodied with outstanding texture and precision, it's a perfect accompaniment to grilled shrimp or swordfish. Certainly not a lightweight, although it's also perfect for sipping on a hot July day.
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Another really outstanding wine from Tablas Creek. This had a balance and finesse that, to my taste buds, are often lacking from other whites. It paired very well with fish and we had a lot of compliments at the lunch with this one. Excellent QPR.
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Fantastic refreshing white that pairs wonderfully with a variety of foods. Lemons, limes and crushed limestone saturate the palate. No oak. Light bodied with a medium finish. Very refreshing bright acidity. Solid bottle for around $20. Drink now.
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Color: pale, faded yellow. Pleasant enough nose of lemon, lime, a little grassiness. Light minerally palate with good acidity. This wine always reminds me of a light, low(er)-acid Sancerre. More of a summer wine than most of the rest of Tablas' lineup. Refreshing but not overly complex and definitely not for laying down.
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Light and lively fresh green nose with a hint of freesia like sweetness, and a bit of sulfur. The mouth has just enough acidity to keep it interesting and somewhat compensate for the lack of depth. Best suited to a summer afternoon.
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(Tasted at the winery) Pale golden color and nice legs. Mineral driven with some peach notes and lemon zest. Medium bodied. Alluring bouquet that exudes a freshness that continues from first whiff to reasonably long finish. Perfect for a summer picnic.
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Ripe, bright flavors with just a touch of acidity. Flavors were quite pronounced, making this a good wine to open and enjoy now. Great wine to be enjoyed on a hot summer day as you sit in the shade.
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Fun. I marginally prefer the bigger flavors of the 2011, which had a tad more abv (13.5 v. 12.5). This is a robust and zest variety in any case and I can imagine a greater public for the less intense but more elegant 2012.
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Delicious summer wine that goes great with appetizers or entrees with mineral, citric character. It has a bright, almost spritzy flavor complexity, somewhere between Sauvignon Blanc and high grown Fiano, with a full mouth texture like Chardonnay. French and Sardinian versions of Vermentino are not quite as clean tasting as that of Tablas Creek. The 2012 has lower alcohol than the 2011 and better balance.
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3/25/2021 - dlowrey99 Likes this wine: 91 Points
still much life left in this bottle; light golden straw in color; bright and grassy/herbaceous, nice acidic backbone, med-light bodied, 12.5%; paired well with genoa salumis and harder/sharper cheeses.
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1/26/2018 - snowman94114 wrote:
Agree with brinko99. Nice drop. 90 pts.
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11/16/2016 - brinko99 Likes this wine: 90 Points
Very nice showing. I was surprised by how vibrant and fun this '12 was after four years in bottle. It leans toward kerosine and green tea rather than fresh fruit. The structure cuts through food and the finish lingers plenty long enough to contemplate. I'd say drink now, but who knows with the screw top enclosure?
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8/25/2016 - yatchisin Likes this wine: 91 Points
Fascinating rubber and citrus on the nose with a racy grapefruit/lime follow through. Paired with with a veggie hand pie, cutting through the rich crust. Fun, unique white.
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3/14/2016 - wilypod Likes this wine: 89 Points
Still alert and bracing and undiminished. Love its quinine/grapefruit citric nose and the tangy minerality! 4 + 13 + 16 + 6
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11/19/2015 - WineCenturyAZ Likes this wine: 91 Points
Straw in the glass, quick forming tears, nose is aromatic at the chin with citrus blossoms and earth, ripe fruits on the zippy palate with tangerine and Texas ruby red grapefruit. Very nice, well made high quality wine.
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10/15/2015 - Martin Redmond wrote: 89 Points
Wines At Our Table; Week of October 18th 2015; 10/12/2015-10/18/2015: Pale yellow color with beeswax, lemon,lime peel, wet stone and a bit of white flower aromas. In the palate it's medium-bodied, and well-balanced with vibrant acidity and apricot, Apple, citrus flavors and an appealing minerality. Lingering finish.
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7/3/2015 - mtaczak wrote: 91 Points
Tasted in a three-vintage lineup of 2012, 2013, and 2014. All stored since release. On opening, 12 came across as a bit astringent and acidic, with a bit of tanginess, while the 13 and 14 were sequentially richer and more lush, with everyone preferring 14. After an hour of air, they all gained weight and richness, with the effect that 12 became beautifully balanced and complex, while 14 ended up just feeling heavy, especially on a hot day. Leave 13 and 14 alone, and let 12 air for an hour if opening now. Serve at 50ish.
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6/23/2015 - wilypod Likes this wine: 88 Points
Crisp and still in a refreshing primary mode, all zest, flint and mineral, and citrus a la pamplemousse, the way I like Vermentino. Wonder if it can age like a Premier cru Chablis? Great QPR! 88+
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6/7/2015 - WineCenturyAZ Likes this wine: 91 Points
Pale yellow, moderately expressive nose with some earthiness, palate is vibrant with pronounced sweet/tart flavor of mandarin orange and lime blossoms, crisp acidity and minerality leads to a long clean finish.
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1/4/2015 - DaveZack Likes this wine: 90 Points
We got this bottle from TC’s wine club in September, 2013. The bouquet is slightly floral, along with stony and white fruit elements. It almost smells like a Riesling.
This is a fabulously clean, lean, steely white, exhibiting crisp fruit characteristics, like apples and pears. There are herbal secondary flavor elements, along with a prominent minerally/stony essence. All of those flavor and bouquet characteristics are backed-up by fantastic acidity and tannins; this wine is gorgeously well-structured. If you like Rieslings, you’ll LOVE this wine as well.
I paired this wine with a pan-seared salmon steak spiced with sea salt, freshly-cracked black pepper, and Herbs de Provence; it was a match made in heaven!!!! The acidity, tannins, and stony/steely elements were a perfect counterbalance to the salmon’s rich, fatty texture. Since this wine is texturally/structurally almost identical to Riesling, this wine would also pair well with just about any seafood dish, though it’s a PERFECT match with salmon.
I’m assuming this wine did not touch an ounce of oak during its transition from the vineyard to the bottle. If you like clean, crisp, stony, minerally, lean, well-structured whites that have a laser-like precision/essence, this one’s a Winner Winner Chicken Dinner!!!!
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12/3/2014 - vin0vin0 Likes this wine: 87 Points
Nice, tart Paso vermentino. A hint of fresh cut lemon and some floral notes on the nose. On the palate, nice lemon/lime citrus with some wet stone and vibrant acidity. There's a touch of fresh apricot and bees wax on the finish.
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11/26/2014 - tward Likes this wine:
I'm going to do two reviews here for the same bottle of wine. The first is PnP and the second is the second night.
PnP: A disappointment. I'd had a couple of bottles a year or so ago and did not write public tasting notes, but the wine was really nice (probably "upper 80s" maybe 90 in points). Now it's quite grape-y, simple, and too tart, though it does hang on to some floral notes and minerality.
2nd Night: The remaining ~half bottle was suctioned and refrigerated. After allowing the temperature to come up this remainder was consumed. It was a different wine from the first night. The acid and tartness were pleasant. The orchard fruit - lemon, apple - and flower blossom notes opened up and it showed a pronounced minerality. Really enjoyable.
For whatever reason - perhaps it's a fragile wine and my decent, but not ideal storage conditions gave it problems - the wine on PnP was not worthy of the winery nor price point. The overwhelming acid may have been partially addressed by suctioning. Interestingly, a Tablas Creek blog post recently warned against suctioning wine, because it can draw out CO2, increasing pH and causing the wine to taste flat. Well, in this case that may have been what the doctor ordered.
(http://tablascreek.typepad.com/tablas/2014/11/worried-about-preserving-an-opened-bottle-just-stay-cool.html)
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10/10/2014 - WineGalDT Likes this wine: 91 Points
Bright and citrusy, medium weight mouthfeel. Long finish. Drank with grilled halibut with Provencal herb rub.
It smells like grapefruit and lemon. It tastes like lemon and grapefruit. The body is medium. The wine has satin-like texture. The wine finishes long. The wine has medium acidity.
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10/9/2014 - crashrb Likes this wine: 86 Points
Dry & Tangy. Very slight notes of apricot. Served with Bbq chicken. Much better after the food.
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8/19/2014 - Oakjeff wrote: 89 Points
Slightly chalky, but nicely so. Notes of lemon, crenshaw and tangerine. Quite nice. Easy drinking, warm weather wine.
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7/6/2014 - jonahfactor Likes this wine: 91 Points
Simply beautiful. Wheat hued with ample legs and featuring a lilting grassy, mineral, honeysuckle bouquet and then juicy melon and orange notes on the palate. Medium bodied with outstanding texture and precision, it's a perfect accompaniment to grilled shrimp or swordfish. Certainly not a lightweight, although it's also perfect for sipping on a hot July day.
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6/27/2014 - drrobvino wrote: 88 Points
No formal TN.
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5/25/2014 - dankrems wrote: 91 Points
Crisp acidity, hints of lemon and green apple with a bit of limestone. Maybe a tiny hint of white pepper at the end. Very nice wine
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5/3/2014 - tb_baltimore Likes this wine: 93 Points
Another really outstanding wine from Tablas Creek. This had a balance and finesse that, to my taste buds, are often lacking from other whites. It paired very well with fish and we had a lot of compliments at the lunch with this one. Excellent QPR.
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5/1/2014 - JDRFoster wrote:
Crisp, refreshing, with nice mimeral notes.
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4/7/2014 - Langermania wrote:
With Beverly
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3/22/2014 - DarinC Likes this wine: 92 Points
Fantastic refreshing white that pairs wonderfully with a variety of foods. Lemons, limes and crushed limestone saturate the palate. No oak. Light bodied with a medium finish. Very refreshing bright acidity. Solid bottle for around $20. Drink now.
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3/15/2014 - BVal wrote: 87 Points
Color: pale, faded yellow. Pleasant enough nose of lemon, lime, a little grassiness. Light minerally palate with good acidity. This wine always reminds me of a light, low(er)-acid Sancerre. More of a summer wine than most of the rest of Tablas' lineup. Refreshing but not overly complex and definitely not for laying down.
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3/6/2014 - Decanting fool wrote: 86 Points
Light and lively fresh green nose with a hint of freesia like sweetness, and a bit of sulfur. The mouth has just enough acidity to keep it interesting and somewhat compensate for the lack of depth. Best suited to a summer afternoon.
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1/18/2014 - jonahfactor Likes this wine: 91 Points
(Tasted at the winery) Pale golden color and nice legs. Mineral driven with some peach notes and lemon zest. Medium bodied. Alluring bouquet that exudes a freshness that continues from first whiff to reasonably long finish. Perfect for a summer picnic.
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12/27/2013 - BHANK wrote: 91 Points
Ripe, bright flavors with just a touch of acidity. Flavors were quite pronounced, making this a good wine to open and enjoy now. Great wine to be enjoyed on a hot summer day as you sit in the shade.
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12/5/2013 - agnorger Likes this wine: 92 Points
Tart apple notes and good background minerality. Refreshing alternative to big whites.
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11/18/2013 - metcellar wrote: 89 Points
Lovely crisp minerality, lemony notes
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10/14/2013 - urban_dk wrote: 89 Points
Pleasant wine, thankfully lacking the higher-ABV heat of the 2011. Dominant citrus notes, with noteworthy minerality on the finish.
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10/14/2013 - topher2411 Likes this wine: 91 Points
Always a delightful wine. This is maybe a little fuller than previous vintages, but still very refreshing.
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9/27/2013 - wilypod Likes this wine: 88 Points
Fun. I marginally prefer the bigger flavors of the 2011, which had a tad more abv (13.5 v. 12.5). This is a robust and zest variety in any case and I can imagine a greater public for the less intense but more elegant 2012.
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8/13/2013 - wilypod Likes this wine: 89 Points
Delicious summer wine that goes great with appetizers or entrees with mineral, citric character. It has a bright, almost spritzy flavor complexity, somewhere between Sauvignon Blanc and high grown Fiano, with a full mouth texture like Chardonnay. French and Sardinian versions of Vermentino are not quite as clean tasting as that of Tablas Creek. The 2012 has lower alcohol than the 2011 and better balance.
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