Can't believe it's been over a year since my first bottle. Seems like yesterday. Similar experience although the tertiary notes are emerging even more. Candied ginger and spice. Lots of pear and golden delicious apple. Sneaky acidity embedded in the fruit. Med + bodied. Very enjoyable wine.
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Pours a very pale straw color. This is about stones. A hundred different types of stones. At first. as it opens, lovely, lightly bitter white fruits emerge, followed by calming floral notes. Already, I'm falling in love. There's baked peach, some unripe green apple, more stones and minerals, and this lovely, comforting blanket of strudel. On the palate, exactly as expected - lifted, fresh, honest, pure, clean. etc. As it warms, it becomes more round, more sensual, more yes. At once, a terrific food wine, and then bam!, it's the perfect aperitivo wine, too. As it warms, there's this blanketing, comforting Calvados thing - minus the EtOH. Get Larry's wines. Get lots of them. Even better as it warms a little. 13,6% abv. recommended
SnP, served non-blind.
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Medium yellow color. Light petrol nose. All kinds of yellow tree fruit here. Very strong mineral / iron backbone emerges mid palate. Viscous mouthfeel. Good GB.
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I really liked this. Unique nose. If tasted blind, I probably would have gone Loire Chenin Blanc. Got that lanolin or waxy fruit. Nose has some woody/stemmy notes that I found intriguing. Golden Delicious apple, ripe pear and some yellow grapefruit on the palate. Medium + weight. Some ginger and other spice notes. Acidity keeps you coming back for another sip. Not overly complex but enough going on to keep your interest and would make a great match with a wide range of foods.
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Really liking this grenache blanc from Tercero. Golden apple and meyer lemon on the nose. This most definitely improved with some temperature as the lemon and apple began to share the stage with some honeysuckle and ripe pear. Great mouth feel, nice acidity and a medium finish. Excellent wine and great QPR!
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Tercero BerserkerDay Whites; 2/5/2016-2/10/2016: A wonderful Grenache Blanc. Notes of Meyer lemons with a hint of stone fruit (peaches/apricots). More flavor and mouthfeel than most wines from this variety.
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Again, this becomes more flavorful and interesting as it warms to room temperature, with some tropical fruit notes, petrol in kind of a viscous package. Funny, when it was cool right from the fridge, this had a pronounced bitterness to it which disappeared as it warmed and became a bit sweeter.
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This is a balanced white with really interesting aromas and flavors. Flavors enhance as it warms up from fridge temperature. I wouldn't put this in the "refreshing and crisp" category -- it really drinks more like a serious red wine and has some weight to it.
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Tercero Dinner #2 in the OC with Larry Schaffer (A Restaurant In Newport Beach, CA): Shows the same aromatic consistency from the 2009 and 2011, with the diesel/petrol note. Shading of lemon, the same depth of melon found in the other two vintages and the a guava-like note. I wrote "pure" in my notes, to convey a balance and clean sensation. Like with a lot of Larry's wines last night, there is a spicy note in the finish, this one anise-like for me.
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6/3/2018 - BURGHen Boy wrote: 88 Points
A bit of heft, some peach and sweet pear. Enjoyable drinker
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9/3/2017 - Anthonut Likes this wine: 90 Points
Love the slight bit of age on this Grenache Blanc. Still plenty of acidity and fruit but an added bit of savoriness.
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7/8/2017 - brigcampbell wrote:
Great GB here. Slick mouthfeel, nice balance and hint of oil.
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4/26/2017 - ScottGoodwin Likes this wine: 89 Points
Can't believe it's been over a year since my first bottle. Seems like yesterday. Similar experience although the tertiary notes are emerging even more. Candied ginger and spice. Lots of pear and golden delicious apple. Sneaky acidity embedded in the fruit. Med + bodied. Very enjoyable wine.
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1/27/2017 - Tim Heaton Likes this wine:
Pours a very pale straw color. This is about stones. A hundred different types of stones. At first. as it opens, lovely, lightly bitter white fruits emerge, followed by calming floral notes. Already, I'm falling in love. There's baked peach, some unripe green apple, more stones and minerals, and this lovely, comforting blanket of strudel. On the palate, exactly as expected - lifted, fresh, honest, pure, clean. etc. As it warms, it becomes more round, more sensual, more yes. At once, a terrific food wine, and then bam!, it's the perfect aperitivo wine, too. As it warms, there's this blanketing, comforting Calvados thing - minus the EtOH. Get Larry's wines. Get lots of them. Even better as it warms a little. 13,6% abv. recommended
SnP, served non-blind.
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10/22/2016 - Chrisinroch Likes this wine:
Again, no formal notes but very enjoyable from memory.
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10/2/2016 - BobMilton Likes this wine: 91 Points
Enough body to be interesting, with slight floral notes and a hint of stone fruit.
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5/29/2016 - Birorganic Likes this wine: 91 Points
Very food friendly with lighter foods to complement each other. Complex minerals. Balanced. Tasty.
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5/27/2016 - brigcampbell wrote:
Medium yellow color. Light petrol nose. All kinds of yellow tree fruit here. Very strong mineral / iron backbone emerges mid palate. Viscous mouthfeel. Good GB.
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3/11/2016 - Birorganic Likes this wine: 91 Points
Delicious. Spectacular complex Grenache Blanc.
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3/9/2016 - thalver wrote:
crisp, with an expressive nose. a great summer quaffer 89-90 seems about right
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3/5/2016 - ScottGoodwin Likes this wine: 89 Points
I really liked this. Unique nose. If tasted blind, I probably would have gone Loire Chenin Blanc. Got that lanolin or waxy fruit. Nose has some woody/stemmy notes that I found intriguing. Golden Delicious apple, ripe pear and some yellow grapefruit on the palate. Medium + weight. Some ginger and other spice notes. Acidity keeps you coming back for another sip. Not overly complex but enough going on to keep your interest and would make a great match with a wide range of foods.
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2/22/2016 - vin0vin0 Likes this wine: 90 Points
Really liking this grenache blanc from Tercero. Golden apple and meyer lemon on the nose. This most definitely improved with some temperature as the lemon and apple began to share the stage with some honeysuckle and ripe pear. Great mouth feel, nice acidity and a medium finish. Excellent wine and great QPR!
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2/5/2016 - BobMilton Likes this wine: 92 Points
Tercero BerserkerDay Whites; 2/5/2016-2/10/2016: A wonderful Grenache Blanc. Notes of Meyer lemons with a hint of stone fruit (peaches/apricots). More flavor and mouthfeel than most wines from this variety.
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12/11/2015 - boylan wrote: 90 Points
Fairly full bodied, moderate acid and more floral than anything else. Well received.
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9/29/2015 - boylan wrote: 89 Points
Tongue coating texture. Lot more going on here than your typical Grenache Blanc. Try it with tart apples.
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6/28/2015 - PIntag wrote: 90 Points
Really enjoyed this at room temp. Lots of intriguing and enjoyable flavors.
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6/2/2015 - PIntag wrote: 90 Points
Again, this becomes more flavorful and interesting as it warms to room temperature, with some tropical fruit notes, petrol in kind of a viscous package. Funny, when it was cool right from the fridge, this had a pronounced bitterness to it which disappeared as it warmed and became a bit sweeter.
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5/16/2015 - PIntag wrote: 90 Points
This is a balanced white with really interesting aromas and flavors. Flavors enhance as it warms up from fridge temperature. I wouldn't put this in the "refreshing and crisp" category -- it really drinks more like a serious red wine and has some weight to it.
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4/28/2015 - Spencer wrote:
A bit simple, but crisp, refreshing, and very drinkable. A great value and I could imagine going through a lot of this during the summer.
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4/8/2015 - boylan wrote: 88 Points
Apple? Need a re-taste. Normally we consume whites at 57F. I think this wants a bit lower temperature.
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3/7/2015 - Frank Murray III wrote:
Tercero Dinner #2 in the OC with Larry Schaffer (A Restaurant In Newport Beach, CA): Shows the same aromatic consistency from the 2009 and 2011, with the diesel/petrol note. Shading of lemon, the same depth of melon found in the other two vintages and the a guava-like note. I wrote "pure" in my notes, to convey a balance and clean sensation. Like with a lot of Larry's wines last night, there is a spicy note in the finish, this one anise-like for me.
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