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| Community Tasting Notes (average 90 pts. and median of 90 pts. in 64 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by beezer6 on 6/11/2019 & rated 91 points: Lovely drinking wine. Toasty yellow apples, honey and some light spice notes.
Nice body, has some richness but the finish shows precision and good acid. Very nice. (1142 views) | | | Tasted by nectar14 on 2/10/2019: Drank this a while ago. I recall it being very good, and having lots of good chenin blanc typicity and not too heavy. (1149 views) | | | Tasted by Jahull03 on 8/8/2018: liked this a lot - blew through expectations based on price and grape (candidly, not that much experience with chenin). wonderful with salmon - mid-weight, touch of beeswax, very nice minerality (1378 views) | | | Tasted by jkline on 3/20/2018 & rated 90 points: Big round chenin blanc with honeyed Notes. Decent amount of oak I think. Rich. Different than other sandlands chenins with are cleaner and crisp. This was round and complex (1977 views) | | | Tasted by rc@ughey on 1/15/2018 & rated 88 points: Better than last time. Same waxy texture and rich citrus, but the oak is less obtrusive. Nice. (1804 views) | | | Tasted by rama on 11/11/2017: Peach and tropical nose, austere pallet. (1106 views) | | | Tasted by rama on 10/6/2017: S'okay. Not a ton of chenin character, but clean and a fine drink. (1103 views) | | | Tasted by cfk49 on 8/9/2017 & rated 89 points: Chalk and peach in the nose. Austere peach flavors with an oily texture. Good overall restraint and elegance. Very nice for what it is. (1336 views) | | | Tasted by jmw17 on 1/11/2017: Oak is integrated now into a savory core with lightly honeyed fruit. Pleasing rich texture. Some heat on the nose and finish across temperatures. Improved over three nights, gaining concentration and integrating further while heat dissipated. On the upswing. (1635 views) | | | Tasted by JOsgood on 9/4/2016: This showed great. Seems to have improved with age. (1927 views) | | | Tasted by dougie on 8/21/2016 & rated 91 points: Defintely smoother than a year ago. Try last 2012 next year. What a fun, beautiful wine. (1703 views) | | | Tasted by scott w on 7/20/2016: Pear hints of smoke and a little peach. Just a slight bit of creamy-ness wax and I still really like this. Drinks best around room temperature. (2039 views) | | | Tasted by RajivAyyangar on 4/27/2016 & rated 85 points: ABC (anything but Chardonnay) with Thai food: Underripe peach core with slight reduction and wet wool.
In the mouth, dry with elevated acid. A bit bitter and hot (despite reading 12.8% alcohol). Tastes like partial new oak (vanilla, freshly-sanded wood, maybe about 30% new?).
Score: around 8.5 (2192 views) | | | Tasted by aagrawal on 4/27/2016 & rated 82 points: Anything but Chardonnay WineBerserkers Tasting (Thai Cottage, SF): Nose seems a tad hollow, but has some funk and peach; palate is dry, alcohol is a bit too pronounced and the fruit seems hidden or faded; short finish. The balance seems off to me... Not enough fruit. 82 (2092 views) | | | Tasted by tbone on 4/24/2016: Fantastic tonight! Smoky melon fruit, citrus on nose and medium bodied fruit on palate with adequate acidity. Loved it. (1402 views) | | | Tasted by Richard P Howden on 3/6/2016 & rated 91 points: Improved in the last year. Nose is opening with some crisp apple, taste is lovely with a dry sharp palate. Solid CA Chenin. (1457 views) | | | Tasted by BigTex22 on 2/18/2016 & rated 91 points: Chenin Blanc! Pale, citrus, acidic, balanced, and a long finish. What a treat, especially for the price. Not sure this is easy to source (I ordered a few years ago), but if you can find it, buy it. Drink now through 2018. (1496 views) | | | Tasted by James Kim on 11/28/2015 & rated 91 points: Opened for Thanksgiving. From memory. PnP. Initially closed but with time and air, nice tart apple, citrus aromas and flavors, with characteristic woolly notes. Some minerality. Nice weight and body. (519 views) | | | Tasted by Rollerball on 11/22/2015 & rated 88 points: Better a little warm. Great accompaniment to olives. (1740 views) | | | Tasted by Martin Redmond on 10/20/2015 & rated 90 points: Wines At Our Table; Week of October 25th 2015; 10/19/2015-10/25/2015: Pale yellow color. Initially opens with wet wool aromas that give way to white peach, apple, citrus, honey and a bit of wet stone aromas. On the palate its medium-bodied, and dry with wonderful acidity and texture with green apple, white peach, baked apricot, and citrus flavors. Lingering satisfying finish with a hint of minerality. 12.8% alcohol. Wonderful at the table! (2017 views) | | | Tasted by isaacjamesbaker on 7/19/2015 & rated 90 points: Rhone Tasting: Crisp and clean, tart green apples, apricots, limes, doused with chalk and white tea, hints of almond and nougat. Lovely balance between fruit and non-fruit flavors, richness and acid. Surprising depth, impressive. The only non-Rhone wine in the bunch, but a welcome addition for sure. (2632 views) | | | Tasted by bobflan on 6/15/2015: Had a little more oak than I'd expected, but not overdone; crisp and citrusy. (2031 views) | | | Tasted by tcarter on 5/31/2015 & rated 92 points: Interesting balance of citrus, minerality, and a bit of oak. Hints of chardonnay type flavors, but crisper, cleaner. Would probably pair nicely with raw bar seafood. (2007 views) | | | Tasted by Old_Winyards on 5/15/2015: Rich & leesy, but sufficient acidity to retain plenty of juiciness. Some oak, but not overwhelming. Plenty of chenin character here... I'm a fan. (2357 views) | | | Tasted by Boatdrinker on 4/13/2015: At first, lots texture. Wax. Directly after I would have sworn I was drinking Chardonnay. Oak, round and lowish acidity. Not at all what I was expecting. Day 2 was leaner and a bit racier, with some zest. (1878 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
| Sandlands Producer website
Sandlands is the personal project of Tegan and Olivia Passalacqua. The line-up encompasses the forgotten classic California varieties, primarily grown in decomposed granite (sand), from regions and vineyards that have been farmed for many generations but have remained the outliers of California viticulture.
Primarily head-trained, dry-farmed and own rooted, the vineyards we work with harken back to California’s roots of exploration, wonder, and hard work. 2012 Sandlands Chenin Blanc Amador CountyPlanted in 1979 and grown at 1500 feet in a mixture of iron rich volcanic, quartz and decomposed granite soils, this vineyard is head-trained, dry-farmed and own rooted. The wine is barrel fermented with native yeasts in 3-5 year old Burgundy barrels and aged on its lees for 15 months with no stirring or racking prior to being bottled unfined and unfiltered.Chenin Blanc Varietal character (Appellation America)USAAmerican wine has been produced since the 1500s, with the first widespread production beginning in New Mexico in 1628. Today, wine production is undertaken in all fifty states, with California producing 84% of all U.S. wine. The continent of North America is home to several native species of grape, including Vitis labrusca, Vitis riparia, Vitis rotundifolia, and Vitis vulpina, but the wine-making industry is based almost entirely on the cultivation of the European Vitis vinifera, which was introduced by European settlers. With more than 1,100,000 acres (4,500 km2) under vine, the United States is the fourth-largest wine producing country in the world, after Italy, Spain, and France.California2021 vintage: "Unlike almost all other areas of the state, the Russian River Valley had higher than normal crops in 2021, which has made for a wine of greater generosity and fruit forwardness than some of its stablemates." - Morgan Twain-Peterson Sierra FoothillsAmador |
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