2015 Sandlands Trousseau

Community Tasting Notes (37) Avg Score: 91.3 points

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  8/13/2023 - *Vine* wrote:

  Popped and poured, light garnet. Pronounced, forward aromas of raspberries, under-ripened strawberries, honeydew, rhubarb, vegetal notes (perhaps even hints of fresh celery stalk). Light body, quite elegant. On the palate, fresh berries abound...such an amazing display of fruit yet nearly bone dry in presentation. Perfectly balanced, silky smooth w/quenching acidity on the lingering close. Tegan truly has a deft hand for Trousseau and although there are other fantastic varietal-labelled examples from CA, none seem to possess the idiosyncratic greatness he coaxes from the grape.
  
  Quick comment: I have so much trouble refraining from opening these wines when they're young...meanwhile, given how beautifully they show even after just 3-4 years in the cellar, most every bottle of Sandlands I've aged makes me feel utterly foolish for having such little impulse control

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  8/12/2022 - Bakerbd Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Floral nose, raspberry, pomegranate, sous bois, high acid, fine tannin

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  8/24/2021 - Pinotfanbg Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Beautiful, fragrant, silky, strawberry flavored juice. Long juicy finish. Wish I had more of this vintage.

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  8/18/2021 - maxmanx wrote:

  Very good as always. Decanted for about 45 minutes, and was ready to go. Last bottle, but would still drink these up over the next few years.

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  7/16/2021 - tcufletch Does not like this wine:

  I don't know if I would call this corked or oxidized but it was flat and void of any fruit and acid; cork looked fine and no musty smell. Every now and then I would get a whiff of wild strawberry on the nose but the palate was mostly dead with maybe a bit of green pepper. Gave it three days to try and come around but it never did.
  
  The Trousseau has been my favorite bottling from Sandlands from the first vintage released but this was my least favorite bottle under the label (out of 61 bottles drank to date). My other bottle consumed in 2019 was much better so maybe it's just on its downside (and falling quickly?)

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