2018 Scholium Project FTP-C Kirschenmann Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (4) Avg Score: 90 points

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  2/6/2023 - talbot61 wrote:

  The mutability of this wine satisfied my wine geekiness. (My wife, who is a wine drinker but not a geek, would have said, "this is disgusting," and would have insisted that I open something else.) The wine changed not just over the course of two days, but from glass to glass, almost from mouthful to mouthful. In one instant, it was a soft, open, melon-scented wine; in another it was a funky lemon-scented acid bomb; at the end of the first evening, it was overwhelmingly bretty; the following evening, it was again more acidic than bretty; and the last glassful tasted like unsweetened grapefruit juice with an undercurrent of fermented tofu. So the wine provided a high level of interest, even if it was at times borderline undrinkable, and it has not assuaged my grave anxieties about the Brett contamination of the Scholium wines.

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  5/12/2022 - joraesque wrote: 89 Points

  Crazy dry! Notes of honey, honeysuckle, and some light herbs, with a glycerin mouthfeel. 12.5% ABV.
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  1/3/2022 - huevosconvino Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Very interesting wine, has a lot of orange citrus notes. Would not have pegged this as a Chenin Blanc; I think the 33 months in barrel took this wine somewhere else. It's very nice! Crisp acidity, not sweet but definitely has a round, sweeter mouthfeel. Pairs quite well with Jersey blue cheese. I concur with the prior note: This wine needs food pairings and then it sings!

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  11/29/2021 - 559Cheers wrote: 90 Points

  Chenin Blanc it is. Will see how this develops. Just opened.
  *3rd night. Nice haze. Nothing really stands out in particular. Flinty and nice acidity. A great food wine, for sure.

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