Yellow gold color. Citrus, pears, and vanilla in the nose with hints of honey, nuts, floral and spice. Peaches, apricots, apples, and citrus in the flavor with notes of vanilla and nuts. A rich, full bodied wine with impressive mouthfeel, very well balanced, complex, nice acidity and a long finish.
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The nose is so interesting with lots of unique flavors. Oak, vanilla, nuts, citrus, honey and spices.
Full-bodied and bold with medium acidity.
Dry on the palate with yellow apples, citrus, lemons, apricots, minerals, honeysuckle, oak, herbs, vanilla, flowers, spices, earth, white pepper and light vegetables.
Long finish with limes and almonds.
This is a beautiful 11-year-old White blend from California. Showing a soft mouth feel with nice complexity and good balance.
Drinking so nicely right out of the bottle at this point. Elegant and soft. Rich and fruity. Opulent, spicy and interesting.
A great sipping wine, really tasty and just a gorgeous wine.
Robert Parker 97 points.
A unique blend of 37% Chardonnay, 31% Roussanne, 16% Petite Manseng and 16% Viognier. Aged for 19 months in (27% new) French Oak barrels and in concrete egg vessels.
15.2% alcohol by volume.
94 points.
$250.
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4th time I have had this wine. Sesame seed nose. A full bodied and unctuous white with carmelized pear and tea notes. Drinking as well as it ever has at 11 years old. 94 points.
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WB DC Offline - Mostly Napa (Bistrot Lepic): Pale gold. Roasted nuts and toast on the nose. On the palate low acidity, high alcohol, rich body, lemons and fresh cut grass, a bit bitter on the finish. This is a crazy wine but not really my thing.
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Better cold. Dark gold color. Butterscotch, diesel, metal shavings, orange zest, holiday spice, hint of graham cracker and vanilla; the gamut. Classic SQN viscosity. Tried in three Riedel glasses: Chard, Burg, Magnum. The Burg bowls were profoundly the best in every way: aroma, flavor, mouthfeel. Magnum enhanced the diesel side and the Chard glasses enhanced nothing and neutralized the entire experience. I would not count this in the top echelon of the SQN whites as it really needs to be cold to be enjoyed, but as long as it is cold it is quite good. I would rate at 94+ cold and maybe 91+ at room temp. I would expect this to improve over the coming years as it still needs a lot of integration of the parts to be a whole. NOW - Cold: it is crisp, refreshing. Warm: it is a bit of a mess. Therefore drink cold! And from Burgundy bowls - a must.
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This was a perfect wine for a long week of construction. Served with a garlic pepper chicken, asparagus and mashed potatoes. Simply fanstastic. Drink/Hold.
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37% Chardonnay, 31% Roussanne, 16% Petite Manseng and 16% Viognier...brilliant shimmering gold with green tinge color...exotic reduction and floral nose...just MASSIVELY rich and oily on the palate...tropical exotics of grilled pineapple, orange marmalade, apricot...intense streak of lemon/grapefruit acidity lifts and livens...creamy white honey butter with an olive oil viscosity...hot buttered rum spice and white pepper give it a nice spice kick...surrounded by a bloom full of fresh Spring flowers...lemongrass, honeysuckle, white flowers...really not showing much age, except maybe how integrated and harmonious the wine is...LOVE the complexities of smoked sea salt and lemon wax...crushed rocks give it nice salinity...forever floral and spicy finish. This is my 5th bottle of this wine from release, all have been wonderful, but at the 10yr mark, this is drinking at its ultimate peak imo. Just about as perfect as these get!
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Opens with a bright citrusy note, something along the lines of a clementine or perhaps tangerine, along with honey and pear. Abundant fruit on the palate with a hint of spice. Very nice. (tlv)
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The last and best of my four bottles, and matched well to the early evening heat. Fat and concentrated, with a mélange of flavors: candied citrus, stewed apple, mint and white flowers. Not a "sense of place" wine, but pretty delicious.
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Medium gold color. Nose showing honeyed fruits, white fruits, lees. Rich and viscous palate showing candies pineapple, apricot, orange zest. Persists through the mid palate. Texture is notably rich. Full body and finish.
A big wine to be sure, not for every palate as notes seem to suggest. SQN Rousanne based wines typically follow this profile - expect the differences are stylistic preferences vs, quality. For what it is intended to be...this is well made and in a great spot now. Would drink over next 3 years
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Decanted and served. More funky nose with tropical notes, beautiful, toasty notes coming out, with some bubblegum. After 1 hour in decanter it was sweet and beautiful. After almost 2 hours there were also some metallic notes.
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Decanted for 30 minutes, to allow the wine to open, and to warm a bit. The color was a clear yellow. The nose was not very yielding at all. Seems our tasting experience was a combination of the previous 3 TNs (Niagara, JonnyG and dbkitc): The wine was quite ordinary, somewhat disjointed, and with a slightly bitter finish. We did not, however, experience any alcoholic heat. We did experience juicy acidity, no sweetness, and some evidence of oak. Hard to tell whether we waited too long -- or not long enough.
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interesting, this bottle didn't show nearly so well as the other I've had ... I'm beginning to understand the wide disparity in scores given by members. my first bottle was transcendent, but this one was just ordinary (and SQN is almost always extraordinary). one more left, and will give it a little time and see.
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A Casual Warm-Up to a Friend's Upcoming 50th (Los Olivos, CA): Disjointed, with the components seemingly not meshing very much. The alcohol was very evident when opened and throughout the evening, growing in prominence as the wine warmed. I doubt this showed better early on in its life, and it shows no signs of fading.
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This is a big, alcoholic brute of a wine. Golden color. Nose of overripe stone fruits and brown butter - kind of interesting. The palate is full of extract but slightly bitter and finishes with alcoholic heat. There is a lot to like here but it’s simply out of balance. Like overdone Condrieu. (88!
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Fantastic wine - beautiful straw color. Very rich with caramel apple and a strong finish. Bouquet could have been a bit better but did not impact overall experience.
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Tasted non blind. Opened and served immediately. Followed over about 90 minutes.
Light yellow to yellow color in the glass, clear looking throughout. Nose of matchstick, nutmeg, Graham Crackers and spice box. Flavors of yellow pears, creme brûlée, yellow apples and candied lemons. Medium acidity, full bodied. Drink or hold.
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Enjoyed over two days. This wine was better the second. Excellent white Rhône blend with perfect balance. Stone and citrus on the palate. The finish was long. I would say this wine has several years left in it.
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One Fun-Filled Afternoon Spent Poolside with Friends (Los Olivos, CA): A hard wine to wrap one’s head around, offering things very familiar and others that defy categorization. Fat and concentrated, with intense stewed apple, lemon, orange, mint and floral notes. Very good balance, medium finish. My reflections bounce between deeming this a hedonistic treat and a one-off curiosity, but in the end I can’t dismiss this as a serious wine.
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Deep yellow color with a bouquet and flavor that was difficult to pin down, as evidenced by the other tasters' notes. I would say pear, vanilla oak with some sharpness that detracted from the balance, and a bit of rubber, very prominent in the first bottle of this wine drunk not too long ago. That bottle left a very bad impression, but this was much better, with good nuance and depth and a long finish. Not the best white SQN that I have had, but still good. Drunk with corned beef and cabbage with some toasty popovers on St. Patrick's day. I haven't been able to find any decent soda bread in my area.
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Popped and poured. Deep color. A stunning showing from this bottle. Honeysuckle, pear, quince, cinnamon, white peach honey and agave nectar (A's comment, and i wholeheartedly agree with her). Rich and layered but with terrific underlying acidity. Long finish. 96-97 pts.
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Sine Qua Non dinner (Eddie V's - Tysons Corner, VA): Surprisingly fresh showing white and yellow fruit. Expressive nose displaying pineapple, peach cobbler, pear, white peach, apple, candied lemon, white flowers and mineral. Excellent concentration, ripe yellow fruit and fresh white fruit coexist, medium acidity, strong steely mineral and a medium to long white fruit and mineral driven finish. It is showing very good balance which is a pleasant surprise.
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Yellow color with a bouquet that brings to mind rubber and oak, with the flavor also dominated by oak, but an unusual smoky oak. Angular with an unpleasant sharpness, not the rounded, caressing fullness of most SQN wines. It is clear that other tasters found this wine very compelling, and this is the first time that I couldn't join them in praise of SQN. This may bring to mind that there are no good wines, but only good bottles of wine, and mine might have been off. I have two more and hope that this bottle was indeed an errant fluke.
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Brilliant wine. Deep yellow in color, the nose was orange flowers, the palate was citrus flowers, apricot, pear, spice and a touch of oak. The finish is long and lush. As another Tracker noted the closer to room temperature the better the wine.
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After about 2 hours of being open and with the opportunity to warm up above refrigerator temperature (actually, it was in an ice bucket), this white displayed absolutely beautiful notes of yellow and white citrus, ripe lemon, pear, honeysuckle, lamp oil, limestone, and citrus flowers. This had the slightest bit of reduction, but was almost instantly lifted by subtle white stone and pumice notes. It also had a honey/grilled pineapple kiss akin to the 2014 SQN Lightmotif (which I also thought was a phenomenal white wine from Krankl).
Though this had a great balance between verve/tension and voluptuousness, I would hold this 2012 for another year or two to round out the back end just a little more. The Chardonnay helped to soften any bitterness on the finish, but I think this has the ability to deliver even more seamlessness after 2019. 95-96+ points with upside in a year or so.
Medium bright gold color. Aromas of roasted pineapple, apple, and apricot. Palate has bright tropical fruit notes with some apple/pear and spice notes that carry into a long alcoholic finish. This wasn't as interesting to me as more recent offerings at younger ages but I haven't the experience to know if that is due to bottle age, cepage, or vintage. An interesting wine that I mostly enjoyed drinking. Drink or hold?
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BYO Dinner (AOC): Packed with ripe exotic fruit but still a solid acidity keeping the balance in check. There is for sure also a lot of oak influence but everything seems to be going together very nicely. Loved this "new" style of SQN whites with just a touch of Chardonnay which adds some more balance and structure to the other Rhone grapes. Great stuff!!
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Cellared since release, perfect cork and fill. Light gold, forward nose of ripe melon, bacon, peach, smoke and flowers. Medium body, viscous palate feel, ripe fruit, long finish, excellent.
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Golden color, melon, honey, some petrol on the nose. More of an oak profile than I would prefer, but strong minerality and fruit keep it interesting. Enjoyable and would like to see how it evolves.
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Rich, concentrated and opulently textured, the grapes are so ripe, you get a sensation of sweetness, but this is from the perfectly ripe fruits, and not from fruit sugars. The character combines white peaches, citrus, hints of honeydew melon, green apple and pear, with just a hint of vanilla bean. This interesting blend combines the best of the northern Rhone, Southern Rhone and California grapes with its interesting blend of 37% Chardonnay, 31% Roussanne, 16% Petite Manseng and 16% Viognier.
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Rather golden color. Pungent nose of ripe peaches and apricots and fresh sea salt. The extreme viscosity of this wine is the most notable trait on the palate. There are lovely white rhone style flavors of orange blossom and salty minerals along with underlying fresh acidity. Finishes quite elegant and finely complex and seems to be holding something back. It's viscous but it's not sweet and I think this massive wine is balanced and should benefit from some further bottle age. Interesting and well-made. 92+
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Checking in on this guy again...open in bottle for an hour....integrating nicely, even seems a little richer than the last...the massive acid is tamed as well......still, BIG and rich mouthful of Rhone-ness here....ripe pitted fruits, tropical exotics...grilled pineapple, orange marmalade. Wonderful spices in this....hot butter rum, white pepper, dried honey...florals are exotic and pretty....honeysuckle, lemon grass, white flower....added complexities of smoke, lemon wax, crushed rocks. Big wine here...everything is loaded...but has great balance...and seems to be a good candidate for 10yr+ aging. Hard part is trying to hold on to some that long......Awesome!
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Enormous scale, very ripe tropical fruit, high alcohol. The palate is not all integrated yet but there's so much potential that it could be a monster in the making. Very long finish.
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Actually drank this after an '09 Marcassin Pinot. This is a great wine. Butterscotch, honeyed notes, and citrus. Very good fruit. Evolved in the glass. Long finish. 95+
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Lots of great wines with friends; 12/19/2015-12/20/2015 (E, 4th St.): Golden in color. When this was poured the oak on the nose was quite intense. Fresh cut lumber, butterscotch, vanilla and some grapefruit. Too much for me. On the palate, it was much better. Full bodied. Grapefruits, and butterscotch. With air, it greatly improved on the nose and the palate. Still, while I enjoyed it, its not really a style of white that I like. I am sure others like it more.
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Memphis SQN Dinner (Erling Jensen, Memphis, TN): Tasted along side The Monkey and On the Lam. Youthful and bright, with notes of quince, white fruit, honeysuckle and flint. Orchard fruit and spice notes with a subtle toasted quality. Lingering finish. One of my favorite SQN whites, and drinking well already.
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Very big wine. While a little unruley, there is plenty of serious quality to force this to be cinsidered as a top flight new world white. I think some age will sttle it down and add more character and depth. Pollen, pear, lychee and a little flint on the nose. Full bodied on the palette with citrus, vanilla/caramel, light tea notes and some minerality. The finish is strong and lingers a bit. Excellent wine (especially on its own). The investment of time should pay off rather well. 9-18-9-8
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Cellared since release, perfect cork and fill. Light gold color, forward nose of ripe melon, bacon, peach, smoke and floral notes. Medium body, viscous palate feel, ripe fruit, savory umami, good balance, long finish, excellent to outstanding.
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Tasted side by side with the Kolibiri. My understanding is that this blend contains some Chardonnay. That may explain why I enjoyed this considerably more than the Kolibiri. The Chardonnay cuts the intense oily richness present in the Kolibiri. I really enjoyed the blend of the tropical fruit and orchard fruits. A bit more acidity and balance. That said, there is still a bit of heat here. Better than the Kolibiri, but the SQN Rhone-style whites will never be confused for *actual* Rhone whites and I will never be a big fan of this style.
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very special bottle. falling just short by a point perhaps of the best didier silexs ive had.
this is the total package. it has acidity that lifts the hefty fruit into a level of sublime pleasure. you can swirl this wine in your mouth for so long and never get tired of the ways it evolves and all the nuances. there are weird herbal things that are so enjoyable. it's sweet enough but never overtly so.
we decanted this in the fridge for over an hour and that was a great play. this wine really needs to open up to be tamed a little and let it come into its own.
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Neon gold and heavy in the glass. Nose of white peach, butter, honey, grapefruit, yellow flowers, white tea, pear, orange, wabash apple, tangerine, flint, lemon, slate minerals, vanilla, Hi-C, heat and smoked pineapple. Full body, opulent and deftly balanced. Buttered apple pie, peach cobbler, lemon meringue, tangelo, green apple, honey, yellow flowers, lavender, chai tea, orangesicle, pear, kombucha, candy cane, white pepper and Asian spice on the palate. Thick, complex and mouth coating layers held together by unimaginable structure for any white this hot and overweight. Long decadent finish. Over-the-top white wine at its best! Consistently delivered across opening and temps. Salivating just thinking about it.
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The best white wine I've ever had. Bought at Hi Times for $150. Oaky nose. Your in a wet wood shed with fruit leaves. Like watching through an orchard with crisp leaves in spring time. Then mouth coating peachy with fattiness to it. Its a light animal fat. Like raw fat cut off a lean part of a rabbit. It's bouncing around your mouth like a game of pong. A slow game of pong. Then the acid hits on the finish. The acid balances with the fatty/oily parts and just sits there in your mouth for eternity. Was tasting with 7 other bottles and refused to drink anything for another 30 minutes. Just wanted to let this finish in my mouth. This is it. All done with wine now.
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Concentrated nose of floral, ripe stone fruits, ripe citrus, smoke. Palate is oily, ripe stone fruits, ripe orange, citrus. Very ripe but super fresh, quite smoky, wet stone, mineral. Very delicious N. Rhone styled. Quite remarkable bottle of wine.
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Fantastic nose, well balanced on the palate (extra everything as usual with SQN), but perhaps a bit short on the finish. The ripe fruit hits you in the face, but the acidity and mineral notes holds the wine in check.
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Nose drifts from fruit stand to bees wax, palate feel is all about the smooth pleasant sip, taste are clean but drift from hint of this to a hint of that, keeps you coming back for more, and I like it.
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Opened by Allred. Beautiful waxy rhone-like quality with mineral notes. Surprised when I heard the Viognier percentage as I did not get much floral from this. This is a real treat.
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Weekend Supper with Friends (TLV's): Opens with aromas of ripe white peach, beeswax and stone. Waxy, rich Rhone-like texture with orchard and tropical fruit and a slight nutty quality- raw almond perhaps. As it warms and opens in the glass notes of quince, star fruit and florals appear. Develops beeswax and spice notes on the finish. 92-93 pts.
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Opened by Allred. Not decanted. 35% Chardonnay, 32% Roussanne, 17% Viognier, 16% Petit Manseng. Yellowish green color. Very aromatic with honeysuckle nuances. Notes of vanilla, kumquat, spices and waxy tropical fruits. Full bodied white wine but not overbearing or alcoholic. Open and very pleasurable now but also a wine which can be held. 94+ points
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Just because! Another amazing white from sqn….37% Chardonnay, 31% Roussanne, 16% Petite Manseng and 16% Viognier…..brilliant yellow, green, slight cloudy color…..bowl full of white Rhone goodness nose! Does need some opening to calm the acidic zip….creams up nicely with peach, apricot, pear, grilled pineapple, orange marmalade.…..to go along with that huge burst of fresh citrus, sqn pop rocks in the mouth! Then the exotics come out….white honey butter, smoked honeycombs, lemon wax, crushed rocks, white flowers and honeysuckle florals galore! Very light handed…more freshness than richness(for sqn) but still full bodied and in perfect balance. Will love to see this one in 10+ years…but that's going to be tuff…because it's SO damn tasty now!!
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Light gold color, forward nose of ripe melon and smoky bacon with underlying peach and floral notes. Medium body, viscous palate feel, ripe fruit, savory umami, low acidity on the palate, long finish, excellent to outstanding.
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4/12/2024 - buckeye76 Likes this wine: 95 Points
Yellow gold color. Citrus, pears, and vanilla in the nose with hints of honey, nuts, floral and spice. Peaches, apricots, apples, and citrus in the flavor with notes of vanilla and nuts. A rich, full bodied wine with impressive mouthfeel, very well balanced, complex, nice acidity and a long finish.
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12/13/2023 - Odedis.Wine.reviews Likes this wine: 94 Points
Deep yellow in color with a golden hue.
The nose is so interesting with lots of unique flavors. Oak, vanilla, nuts, citrus, honey and spices.
Full-bodied and bold with medium acidity.
Dry on the palate with yellow apples, citrus, lemons, apricots, minerals, honeysuckle, oak, herbs, vanilla, flowers, spices, earth, white pepper and light vegetables.
Long finish with limes and almonds.
This is a beautiful 11-year-old White blend from California. Showing a soft mouth feel with nice complexity and good balance.
Drinking so nicely right out of the bottle at this point. Elegant and soft. Rich and fruity. Opulent, spicy and interesting.
A great sipping wine, really tasty and just a gorgeous wine.
Robert Parker 97 points.
A unique blend of 37% Chardonnay, 31% Roussanne, 16% Petite Manseng and 16% Viognier. Aged for 19 months in (27% new) French Oak barrels and in concrete egg vessels.
15.2% alcohol by volume.
94 points.
$250.
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8/5/2023 - Vino Me wrote: 94 Points
4th time I have had this wine. Sesame seed nose. A full bodied and unctuous white with carmelized pear and tea notes. Drinking as well as it ever has at 11 years old. 94 points.
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4/28/2023 - ben7210 wrote:
WB DC Offline - Mostly Napa (Bistrot Lepic): Pale gold. Roasted nuts and toast on the nose. On the palate low acidity, high alcohol, rich body, lemons and fresh cut grass, a bit bitter on the finish. This is a crazy wine but not really my thing.
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4/27/2023 - cubswinws wrote: 90 Points
Big and rich with a thick oily component. Not for the timid. Probably best served with your richest butter cream sauce dish.
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11/24/2022 - learningandenjoying Likes this wine: 94 Points
Better cold. Dark gold color. Butterscotch, diesel, metal shavings, orange zest, holiday spice, hint of graham cracker and vanilla; the gamut. Classic SQN viscosity. Tried in three Riedel glasses: Chard, Burg, Magnum. The Burg bowls were profoundly the best in every way: aroma, flavor, mouthfeel. Magnum enhanced the diesel side and the Chard glasses enhanced nothing and neutralized the entire experience. I would not count this in the top echelon of the SQN whites as it really needs to be cold to be enjoyed, but as long as it is cold it is quite good. I would rate at 94+ cold and maybe 91+ at room temp. I would expect this to improve over the coming years as it still needs a lot of integration of the parts to be a whole.
NOW - Cold: it is crisp, refreshing. Warm: it is a bit of a mess. Therefore drink cold! And from Burgundy bowls - a must.
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10/9/2022 - jlgnml wrote: 95 Points
This was a perfect wine for a long week of construction. Served with a garlic pepper chicken, asparagus and mashed potatoes. Simply fanstastic. Drink/Hold.
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4/28/2022 - zazoo wrote: 98 Points
Needs 45 min decaunt
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3/31/2022 - Mrbuzz Likes this wine: 99 Points
37% Chardonnay, 31% Roussanne, 16% Petite Manseng and 16% Viognier...brilliant shimmering gold with green tinge color...exotic reduction and floral nose...just MASSIVELY rich and oily on the palate...tropical exotics of grilled pineapple, orange marmalade, apricot...intense streak of lemon/grapefruit acidity lifts and livens...creamy white honey butter with an olive oil viscosity...hot buttered rum spice and white pepper give it a nice spice kick...surrounded by a bloom full of fresh Spring flowers...lemongrass, honeysuckle, white flowers...really not showing much age, except maybe how integrated and harmonious the wine is...LOVE the complexities of smoked sea salt and lemon wax...crushed rocks give it nice salinity...forever floral and spicy finish. This is my 5th bottle of this wine from release, all have been wonderful, but at the 10yr mark, this is drinking at its ultimate peak imo. Just about as perfect as these get!
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3/8/2022 - Jzboxtas Likes this wine: 93 Points
Delicious. Stone fruits and alcohol. Getting better with air, no decant on tonight’s.
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11/19/2021 - WildeMeeuw Likes this wine: 97 Points
Kleur: Licht goudgeel Aroma / bouquet: Aangenaam, complex, prachtig mooi verweven hout, Smaak / Afdronk: Vol, duidelijk meer fraicheur, dik-sappig, vanille, boenwas, sublieme lengte, uitstekende balans (ondanks 15,2% alcohol). Algemeen / potentieel: Jong drinken! Prachtige blend van Chardonnay, Roussanne en Viognier. 50 + Kleur: 5 + Aroma / bouquet: 14 + Smaak / Afdronk: 19 + Algemeen / potentieel: 9 = 97/100
Colour: Light golden yellow Aroma / bouquet: Pleasant, complex, beautifully interwoven wood, Taste / Aftertaste: Full-bodied, clearly more fraicheur, thick juicy, vanilla, wax, sublime length, excellent balance (despite 15.2% alcohol). General / potential: Drink young! Beautiful blend of Chardonnay, Roussanne and Viognier. 50 + Colour: 5 + Aroma / Bouquet: 14 + Taste / Aftertaste: 19 + General / Potential: 9 = 97/100
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10/11/2021 - Vino Me wrote: 90 Points
Opened by LostVerse. 3rd time I have had this. No formal notes still drinkingbwell. 90 points.
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10/9/2021 - AllRed wrote: 92 Points
Opens with a bright citrusy note, something along the lines of a clementine or perhaps tangerine, along with honey and pear. Abundant fruit on the palate with a hint of spice. Very nice. (tlv)
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8/26/2021 - JonnyG Likes this wine: 93 Points
The last and best of my four bottles, and matched well to the early evening heat. Fat and concentrated, with a mélange of flavors: candied citrus, stewed apple, mint and white flowers. Not a "sense of place" wine, but pretty delicious.
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6/26/2021 - vetty wrote: 93 Points
beautiful golden yellow color. Strong oak and yellow fruit. Oily and creamy texture. Finish is salty.
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4/23/2021 - walkerjfw wrote: 94 Points
Paolo visits Princeton... (Cellars at Chez Walker): Second wine of the evening. In my cellar from shortly after release.
Chilled, splash decant, drank most over an hour, saving some for later...
Medium gold color. Nose showing honeyed fruits, white fruits, lees. Rich and viscous palate showing candies pineapple, apricot, orange zest. Persists through the mid palate. Texture is notably rich. Full body and finish.
A big wine to be sure, not for every palate as notes seem to suggest. SQN Rousanne based wines typically follow this profile - expect the differences are stylistic preferences vs, quality. For what it is intended to be...this is well made and in a great spot now. Would drink over next 3 years
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4/7/2021 - Peech Likes this wine: 94 Points
Decanted and served. More funky nose with tropical notes, beautiful, toasty notes coming out, with some bubblegum. After 1 hour in decanter it was sweet and beautiful. After almost 2 hours there were also some metallic notes.
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1/24/2021 - VlgJeff wrote: 88 Points
Decanted for 30 minutes, to allow the wine to open, and to warm a bit. The color was a clear yellow. The nose was not very yielding at all.
Seems our tasting experience was a combination of the previous 3 TNs (Niagara, JonnyG and dbkitc): The wine was quite ordinary, somewhat disjointed, and with a slightly bitter finish. We did not, however, experience any alcoholic heat. We did experience juicy acidity, no sweetness, and some evidence of oak. Hard to tell whether we waited too long -- or not long enough.
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10/25/2020 - Niagara wrote: 88 Points
interesting, this bottle didn't show nearly so well as the other I've had ... I'm beginning to understand the wide disparity in scores given by members. my first bottle was transcendent, but this one was just ordinary (and SQN is almost always extraordinary). one more left, and will give it a little time and see.
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9/29/2020 - JonnyG wrote: 88 Points
A Casual Warm-Up to a Friend's Upcoming 50th (Los Olivos, CA): Disjointed, with the components seemingly not meshing very much. The alcohol was very evident when opened and throughout the evening, growing in prominence as the wine warmed. I doubt this showed better early on in its life, and it shows no signs of fading.
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8/22/2020 - dbkitc wrote: 88 Points
This is a big, alcoholic brute of a wine. Golden color. Nose of overripe stone fruits and brown butter - kind of interesting. The palate is full of extract but slightly bitter and finishes with alcoholic heat. There is a lot to like here but it’s simply out of balance. Like overdone Condrieu. (88!
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1/26/2020 - Mtopi wrote: 96 Points
See earlier tasting note.
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1/26/2020 - Mtopi wrote: 96 Points
Fantastic wine - beautiful straw color. Very rich with caramel apple and a strong finish. Bouquet could have been a bit better but did not impact overall experience.
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11/25/2019 - DesMarteau wrote: 93 Points
Oily...and light ...pear and vanilla
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11/13/2019 - wineismylife wrote: 94 Points
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Tasted non blind. Opened and served immediately. Followed over about 90 minutes.
Light yellow to yellow color in the glass, clear looking throughout. Nose of matchstick, nutmeg, Graham Crackers and spice box. Flavors of yellow pears, creme brûlée, yellow apples and candied lemons. Medium acidity, full bodied. Drink or hold.
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8/16/2019 - Niagara wrote: 95 Points
This is about as good, as complex, as nuanced as white wine gets. Just fantastic.
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10/19/2018 - cubswinws Likes this wine: 93 Points
Rich unctuous wine not for the faint of heart.
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9/30/2018 - Troon Likes this wine: 94 Points
Enjoyed over two days. This wine was better the second. Excellent white Rhône blend with perfect balance. Stone and citrus on the palate. The finish was long. I would say this wine has several years left in it.
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8/26/2018 - JonnyG Likes this wine: 92 Points
One Fun-Filled Afternoon Spent Poolside with Friends (Los Olivos, CA): A hard wine to wrap one’s head around, offering things very familiar and others that defy categorization. Fat and concentrated, with intense stewed apple, lemon, orange, mint and floral notes. Very good balance, medium finish. My reflections bounce between deeming this a hedonistic treat and a one-off curiosity, but in the end I can’t dismiss this as a serious wine.
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8/19/2018 - Burgundy Al wrote:
Some Wine Tasted Watching the Chicago Air & Water Show (Chicago, IL): Small glass, brief note. I can certainly understand why people enjoy this intensely concentrated, rich, ripe wine, but I find it so fat and warm, and correspondingly with little charm or nuance.
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3/17/2018 - tcosgriff Likes this wine: 92 Points
Deep yellow color with a bouquet and flavor that was difficult to pin down, as evidenced by the other tasters' notes. I would say pear, vanilla oak with some sharpness that detracted from the balance, and a bit of rubber, very prominent in the first bottle of this wine drunk not too long ago. That bottle left a very bad impression, but this was much better, with good nuance and depth and a long finish. Not the best white SQN that I have had, but still good. Drunk with corned beef and cabbage with some toasty popovers on St. Patrick's day. I haven't been able to find any decent soda bread in my area.
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3/14/2018 - Simply Wine Likes this wine: 95 Points
Terrific showing; still youthful but with more depth, balance and length than prior bottles.
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2/18/2018 - Vino Me wrote: 92 Points
Opened by Mark. Similar notes as before but a little heavier. 92 points.
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1/28/2018 - AllRed wrote: 96 Points
Popped and poured. Deep color. A stunning showing from this bottle. Honeysuckle, pear, quince, cinnamon, white peach honey and agave nectar (A's comment, and i wholeheartedly agree with her). Rich and layered but with terrific underlying acidity. Long finish. 96-97 pts.
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1/26/2018 - dcwino wrote: 94 Points
Sine Qua Non dinner (Eddie V's - Tysons Corner, VA): Surprisingly fresh showing white and yellow fruit. Expressive nose displaying pineapple, peach cobbler, pear, white peach, apple, candied lemon, white flowers and mineral. Excellent concentration, ripe yellow fruit and fresh white fruit coexist, medium acidity, strong steely mineral and a medium to long white fruit and mineral driven finish. It is showing very good balance which is a pleasant surprise.
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12/24/2017 - andolini wrote: 92 Points
Golden yellow. Complex, honey, floral notes on the nose. Petrol, oak, good weight and balance, but detectable heat as well. Finishes smooth.
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11/9/2017 - pakabear Likes this wine: 95 Points
Great tropical fruit, sweet lemon and pear, a little butterscotch, great texture and balance. Very good!
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11/5/2017 - tcosgriff Does not like this wine: 83 Points
Yellow color with a bouquet that brings to mind rubber and oak, with the flavor also dominated by oak, but an unusual smoky oak. Angular with an unpleasant sharpness, not the rounded, caressing fullness of most SQN wines. It is clear that other tasters found this wine very compelling, and this is the first time that I couldn't join them in praise of SQN. This may bring to mind that there are no good wines, but only good bottles of wine, and mine might have been off. I have two more and hope that this bottle was indeed an errant fluke.
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9/22/2017 - markcic Likes this wine: 95 Points
Brilliant wine. Deep yellow in color, the nose was orange flowers, the palate was citrus flowers, apricot, pear, spice and a touch of oak. The finish is long and lush. As another Tracker noted the closer to room temperature the better the wine.
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9/1/2017 - csimm wrote: 96 Points
After about 2 hours of being open and with the opportunity to warm up above refrigerator temperature (actually, it was in an ice bucket), this white displayed absolutely beautiful notes of yellow and white citrus, ripe lemon, pear, honeysuckle, lamp oil, limestone, and citrus flowers. This had the slightest bit of reduction, but was almost instantly lifted by subtle white stone and pumice notes. It also had a honey/grilled pineapple kiss akin to the 2014 SQN Lightmotif (which I also thought was a phenomenal white wine from Krankl).
Though this had a great balance between verve/tension and voluptuousness, I would hold this 2012 for another year or two to round out the back end just a little more. The Chardonnay helped to soften any bitterness on the finish, but I think this has the ability to deliver even more seamlessness after 2019. 95-96+ points with upside in a year or so.
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8/24/2017 - fredb Likes this wine:
Medium bright gold color. Aromas of roasted pineapple, apple, and apricot. Palate has bright tropical fruit notes with some apple/pear and spice notes that carry into a long alcoholic finish. This wasn't as interesting to me as more recent offerings at younger ages but I haven't the experience to know if that is due to bottle age, cepage, or vintage. An interesting wine that I mostly enjoyed drinking. Drink or hold?
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6/16/2017 - canan wrote: 95 Points
BYO Dinner (AOC): Packed with ripe exotic fruit but still a solid acidity keeping the balance in check. There is for sure also a lot of oak influence but everything seems to be going together very nicely.
Loved this "new" style of SQN whites with just a touch of Chardonnay which adds some more balance and structure to the other Rhone grapes. Great stuff!!
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6/15/2017 - dbkitc wrote: 88 Points
Came across heavy and alcoholic. Stones and dried fruit – big big big. Not my favorite. Others liked it a lot more than I did. (88)
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5/14/2017 - dbg wrote:
Cellared since release, perfect cork and fill. Light gold, forward nose of ripe melon, bacon, peach, smoke and flowers. Medium body, viscous palate feel, ripe fruit, long finish, excellent.
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3/16/2017 - pakabear wrote: flawed
Unfortunately the bottle was corked.
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3/3/2017 - Pquaker wrote: 93 Points
Honeyed, more acidity than usual. Bronze color. Wonderful wine.
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3/2/2017 - AllRed wrote: 92 Points
Lemon oil, spice and peach notes with a honeyed undertone. Bright acidity with apple, lemon and spice. Very nice.
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2/18/2017 - andolini wrote: 92 Points
Golden color, melon, honey, some petrol on the nose. More of an oak profile than I would prefer, but strong minerality and fruit keep it interesting. Enjoyable and would like to see how it evolves.
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1/1/2017 - corkcork wrote: 92 Points
happy new year!
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12/29/2016 - Jeff Leve wrote: 94 Points
Rich, concentrated and opulently textured, the grapes are so ripe, you get a sensation of sweetness, but this is from the perfectly ripe fruits, and not from fruit sugars. The character combines white peaches, citrus, hints of honeydew melon, green apple and pear, with just a hint of vanilla bean. This interesting blend combines the best of the northern Rhone, Southern Rhone and California grapes with its interesting blend of 37% Chardonnay, 31% Roussanne, 16% Petite Manseng and 16% Viognier.
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11/5/2016 - dream Likes this wine: 92 Points
Rather golden color. Pungent nose of ripe peaches and apricots and fresh sea salt. The extreme viscosity of this wine is the most notable trait on the palate. There are lovely white rhone style flavors of orange blossom and salty minerals along with underlying fresh acidity. Finishes quite elegant and finely complex and seems to be holding something back. It's viscous but it's not sweet and I think this massive wine is balanced and should benefit from some further bottle age. Interesting and well-made. 92+
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10/13/2016 - fcxj wrote: 92 Points
Hard to place. Chardonnay-like on the nose. Very sweet with tinge of bitterness on the palate, guessed Semillon. Rich, chewy.
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9/25/2016 - dbg wrote:
Rich, ripe, full, excellent.
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9/12/2016 - Mrbuzz Likes this wine: 97 Points
Checking in on this guy again...open in bottle for an hour....integrating nicely, even seems a little richer than the last...the massive acid is tamed as well......still, BIG and rich mouthful of Rhone-ness here....ripe pitted fruits, tropical exotics...grilled pineapple, orange marmalade. Wonderful spices in this....hot butter rum, white pepper, dried honey...florals are exotic and pretty....honeysuckle, lemon grass, white flower....added complexities of smoke, lemon wax, crushed rocks. Big wine here...everything is loaded...but has great balance...and seems to be a good candidate for 10yr+ aging. Hard part is trying to hold on to some that long......Awesome!
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9/10/2016 - buckeye76 wrote: 97 Points
PEACHES, NECTARINES, APPLES, AND CARAMEL WITH HINTS OF EARTHINESS. A COMPLEX WHITE WINE WITH A LONG FINISH.
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6/5/2016 - bacchuszuo Likes this wine: 95 Points
Enormous scale, very ripe tropical fruit, high alcohol. The palate is not all integrated yet but there's so much potential that it could be a monster in the making. Very long finish.
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4/12/2016 - beezer6 wrote: 95 Points
Johnny brought to Yuzu.
Ripe. Tropical fruit. Extremely rich.
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3/19/2016 - Fid Likes this wine: 95 Points
PnP at Il Segreto. Consistent with bottle we had a few weeks ago. Top notch SQN white. Gets even better with a little air as it warms up.
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2/28/2016 - Fid Likes this wine: 95 Points
Actually drank this after an '09 Marcassin Pinot. This is a great wine. Butterscotch, honeyed notes, and citrus. Very good fruit. Evolved in the glass. Long finish. 95+
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12/19/2015 - Loren Sonkin wrote: 90 Points
Lots of great wines with friends; 12/19/2015-12/20/2015 (E, 4th St.): Golden in color. When this was poured the oak on the nose was quite intense. Fresh cut lumber, butterscotch, vanilla and some grapefruit. Too much for me. On the palate, it was much better. Full bodied. Grapefruits, and butterscotch. With air, it greatly improved on the nose and the palate. Still, while I enjoyed it, its not really a style of white that I like. I am sure others like it more.
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10/10/2015 - AllRed wrote: 94 Points
Memphis SQN Dinner (Erling Jensen, Memphis, TN): Tasted along side The Monkey and On the Lam. Youthful and bright, with notes of quince, white fruit, honeysuckle and flint. Orchard fruit and spice notes with a subtle toasted quality. Lingering finish. One of my favorite SQN whites, and drinking well already.
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10/10/2015 - CO_Roots13 wrote: 94 Points
Very big wine. While a little unruley, there is plenty of serious quality to force this to be cinsidered as a top flight new world white. I think some age will sttle it down and add more character and depth. Pollen, pear, lychee and a little flint on the nose. Full bodied on the palette with citrus, vanilla/caramel, light tea notes and some minerality. The finish is strong and lingers a bit. Excellent wine (especially on its own). The investment of time should pay off rather well.
9-18-9-8
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10/9/2015 - Savannahman Likes this wine: 94 Points
Silky mouth feel, full body, Subtle fruit, best consumed room temperature. A red wine drinkers white wine.
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9/8/2015 - dbg wrote:
Cellared since release, perfect cork and fill. Light gold color, forward nose of ripe melon, bacon, peach, smoke and floral notes. Medium body, viscous palate feel, ripe fruit, savory umami, good balance, long finish, excellent to outstanding.
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6/6/2015 - jrobs7777 wrote:
Tasted side by side with the Kolibiri. My understanding is that this blend contains some Chardonnay. That may explain why I enjoyed this considerably more than the Kolibiri. The Chardonnay cuts the intense oily richness present in the Kolibiri. I really enjoyed the blend of the tropical fruit and orchard fruits. A bit more acidity and balance. That said, there is still a bit of heat here. Better than the Kolibiri, but the SQN Rhone-style whites will never be confused for *actual* Rhone whites and I will never be a big fan of this style.
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5/4/2015 - mike l. Likes this wine: 97 Points
very special bottle. falling just short by a point perhaps of the best didier silexs ive had.
this is the total package. it has acidity that lifts the hefty fruit into a level of sublime pleasure. you can swirl this wine in your mouth for so long and never get tired of the ways it evolves and all the nuances. there are weird herbal things that are so enjoyable. it's sweet enough but never overtly so.
we decanted this in the fridge for over an hour and that was a great play. this wine really needs to open up to be tamed a little and let it come into its own.
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5/3/2015 - christophee Likes this wine: 95 Points
Neon gold and heavy in the glass. Nose of white peach, butter, honey, grapefruit, yellow flowers, white tea, pear, orange, wabash apple, tangerine, flint, lemon, slate minerals, vanilla, Hi-C, heat and smoked pineapple. Full body, opulent and deftly balanced. Buttered apple pie, peach cobbler, lemon meringue, tangelo, green apple, honey, yellow flowers, lavender, chai tea, orangesicle, pear, kombucha, candy cane, white pepper and Asian spice on the palate. Thick, complex and mouth coating layers held together by unimaginable structure for any white this hot and overweight. Long decadent finish. Over-the-top white wine at its best! Consistently delivered across opening and temps. Salivating just thinking about it.
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5/3/2015 - Brandovious Likes this wine: 100 Points
The best white wine I've ever had. Bought at Hi Times for $150. Oaky nose. Your in a wet wood shed with fruit leaves. Like watching through an orchard with crisp leaves in spring time. Then mouth coating peachy with fattiness to it. Its a light animal fat. Like raw fat cut off a lean part of a rabbit. It's bouncing around your mouth like a game of pong. A slow game of pong. Then the acid hits on the finish. The acid balances with the fatty/oily parts and just sits there in your mouth for eternity. Was tasting with 7 other bottles and refused to drink anything for another 30 minutes. Just wanted to let this finish in my mouth. This is it. All done with wine now.
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4/20/2015 - PT insurgent wrote:
Concentrated nose of floral, ripe stone fruits, ripe citrus, smoke.
Palate is oily, ripe stone fruits, ripe orange, citrus. Very ripe but super fresh, quite smoky, wet stone, mineral.
Very delicious N. Rhone styled. Quite remarkable bottle of wine.
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4/11/2015 - mattiasjansson wrote: 94 Points
Fantastic nose, well balanced on the palate (extra everything as usual with SQN), but perhaps a bit short on the finish. The ripe fruit hits you in the face, but the acidity and mineral notes holds the wine in check.
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2/24/2015 - shadow wrote: 96 Points
Nose drifts from fruit stand to bees wax, palate feel is all about the smooth pleasant sip, taste are clean but drift from hint of this to a hint of that, keeps you coming back for more, and I like it.
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12/26/2014 - tlm66 wrote: 99 Points
Best white I have ever tasted. Can't imagine a better white, but gave a 99 only to leave room for 100 pointer if it exists.
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11/28/2014 - thelostverse wrote: 93 Points
Opened by Allred. Beautiful waxy rhone-like quality with mineral notes. Surprised when I heard the Viognier percentage as I did not get much floral from this. This is a real treat.
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11/28/2014 - AllRed wrote: 92 Points
Weekend Supper with Friends (TLV's): Opens with aromas of ripe white peach, beeswax and stone. Waxy, rich Rhone-like texture with orchard and tropical fruit and a slight nutty quality- raw almond perhaps. As it warms and opens in the glass notes of quince, star fruit and florals appear. Develops beeswax and spice notes on the finish. 92-93 pts.
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11/28/2014 - Vino Me wrote: 94 Points
Opened by Allred. Not decanted. 35% Chardonnay, 32% Roussanne, 17% Viognier, 16% Petit Manseng. Yellowish green color. Very aromatic with honeysuckle nuances. Notes of vanilla, kumquat, spices and waxy tropical fruits. Full bodied white wine but not overbearing or alcoholic. Open and very pleasurable now but also a wine which can be held. 94+ points
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11/15/2014 - Knicksfan wrote: 95 Points
Really spectacular and only up from here; so many fruits, magical complexity. How does he do it?
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11/14/2014 - Mrbuzz Likes this wine: 97 Points
Just because! Another amazing white from sqn….37% Chardonnay, 31% Roussanne, 16% Petite Manseng and 16% Viognier…..brilliant yellow, green, slight cloudy color…..bowl full of white Rhone goodness nose! Does need some opening to calm the acidic zip….creams up nicely with peach, apricot, pear, grilled pineapple, orange marmalade.…..to go along with that huge burst of fresh citrus, sqn pop rocks in the mouth! Then the exotics come out….white honey butter, smoked honeycombs, lemon wax, crushed rocks, white flowers and honeysuckle florals galore! Very light handed…more freshness than richness(for sqn) but still full bodied and in perfect balance. Will love to see this one in 10+ years…but that's going to be tuff…because it's SO damn tasty now!!
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11/10/2014 - J @ y H @ c k wrote: 96 Points
Fantastic fruit and earthyness and meaty explosion. My white WOTY. Love it.
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11/1/2014 - dbg wrote:
Light gold color, forward nose of ripe melon and smoky bacon with underlying peach and floral notes. Medium body, viscous palate feel, ripe fruit, savory umami, low acidity on the palate, long finish, excellent to outstanding.
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10/31/2014 - staren937 Likes this wine: 97 Points
Opened too early but amazing once it opened. Good florals on the nose and great mouthfeel.
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