A soft, clean Soave, well-made and flavorful along the lines of a tart peach. Thank God we have good Soave like this to counterbalance the too many prosaic Pinot Grigios and the plethora of over-oaked and overly fruity American Chardonnays.
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MNB: Neutral Whites II (Home (Noe st)): (blind) Medium minus gold color. Dry. Neutral nose - light browned bosc pear, browned apple, dried Meyer lemon citrus. Slight bruised floral nature as well. Mild oxidation from age. Interesting hard-to-place herbal/savory/mushroomy quality.
Dry, medium plus body, 13.5% alcohol, medium plus acid, light phenolic bitterness.
Laterals: - Aged gruner - shouldn't be this neutral. - Chablis - the alcohol is a bit high. - Italian - soave/pinot grigio - this is an aged example, which is unusual. - Macon Chardonnay - maybe? - Savennieres - acid isn't high enough.
Closest thing is Savennieres from a warm year with some age - 2010 Savennieres. Good quality. $40.
2016 Soave Classico. Weird.
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A: Medium gold N: Peach stone, wet stone, green almond, Elliot spotted Petroleum and i didn't get anything like that until it warmed up. There was a kerosene whiff for certain, salt. Youthful P: Dry, medium acid, medium body, medium (+) intensity and medium finish. Medium (-) alcohol (12%)I wavered between dry and off-dry but it was dry with some RS still evident. C: One should be able to hold these for 5+ years but the acidity is a worry. Not high enough acidity to guarantee freshness. I didn't get the same level of wax that i got in the first. BLIC? Good quality wine this but not complex and more fruit to balance the stoniness from the volcanic soil would be better.
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12/23/2018 - oakville72 Likes this wine: 89 Points
A soft, clean Soave, well-made and flavorful along the lines of a tart peach. Thank God we have good Soave like this to counterbalance the too many prosaic Pinot Grigios and the plethora of over-oaked and overly fruity American Chardonnays.
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9/25/2018 - Rob’s Vino wrote:
Bery nice
Light
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9/2/2018 - Yhopps Likes this wine: 85 Points
Great everyday bottle of white
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8/20/2018 - RajivAyyangar wrote: 88 Points
MNB: Neutral Whites II (Home (Noe st)): (blind)
Medium minus gold color.
Dry.
Neutral nose - light browned bosc pear, browned apple, dried Meyer lemon citrus. Slight bruised floral nature as well. Mild oxidation from age. Interesting hard-to-place herbal/savory/mushroomy quality.
Dry, medium plus body, 13.5% alcohol, medium plus acid, light phenolic bitterness.
Laterals:
- Aged gruner - shouldn't be this neutral.
- Chablis - the alcohol is a bit high.
- Italian - soave/pinot grigio - this is an aged example, which is unusual.
- Macon Chardonnay - maybe?
- Savennieres - acid isn't high enough.
Closest thing is Savennieres from a warm year with some age - 2010 Savennieres. Good quality. $40.
2016 Soave Classico.
Weird.
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7/23/2018 - Heynetty Likes this wine: 86 Points
Wine Dojo - Week 19 - The Grand Tour: Northern Italy (Elliot's Place): Tasted Blind
A: Medium gold
N: Peach stone, wet stone, green almond, Elliot spotted Petroleum and i didn't get anything like that until it warmed up. There was a kerosene whiff for certain, salt. Youthful
P: Dry, medium acid, medium body, medium (+) intensity and medium finish. Medium (-) alcohol (12%)I wavered between dry and off-dry but it was dry with some RS still evident.
C: One should be able to hold these for 5+ years but the acidity is a worry. Not high enough acidity to guarantee freshness. I didn't get the same level of wax that i got in the first. BLIC? Good quality wine this but not complex and more fruit to balance the stoniness from the volcanic soil would be better.
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