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| Community Tasting Notes (average 89.3 pts. and median of 89 pts. in 20 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Myophelia on 1/14/2014 & rated 90 points: Floral with a nice refreshing zing of tartness. Notes of pine and buttet without being oaky. Very enjoyable. (2545 views) | | | Tasted by Winiac on 8/26/2013 & rated 90 points: Heavy on the palate. Floral bouquet and fair balance. Pretty good wine. (2495 views) | | | Tasted by nospeel on 12/19/2011 & rated 89 points: Straw yellow. Floral (roses) and butterscotch on nose. Peaches, kiwi on palate. Medium body - nice acid - and a little "zing" on the finish... (3607 views) | | | Tasted by DruStemm on 7/10/2011 & rated 89 points: Same but more prevalent tasting/scent notes as prior. (4132 views) | | | Tasted by DruStemm on 5/25/2011 & rated 88 points: Bouquet: Pine and heavy watermelon, lipstick. Palate: Butter and coconut cream, small mid tang with a simple and spritzy finish. (4276 views) | | | Tasted by IrishRover on 10/26/2010 & rated 89 points: Delicious! Floral and stone fruit nose, really nice finish. (3075 views) | | | Tasted by Ben Christiansen on 10/19/2010: Bread and toast and brioche notes, with crisp acidity. Nate notes a "synthesis of synethic things and tropical fruit, with a chalk finish, very high acid."
The vineyard was first planted in the 1880s (?). (2747 views) | | | Tasted by wineismylife on 9/4/2010 & rated 90 points: Qupe Ethan Verdad Winery Tasting (Qupe Tasting Room, Los Olivos, California): Tasted non blind at the tasting room. Straw to like yellow color in the glass. clear hue throughout. Nose of honeysuckle, tropical fruits and wet stones. Flavors of peach, yellow pears and yellow apples. Light to medium acidity, medium body. Drink over the short term. 90? (3460 views) | | | Tasted by BobMilton on 8/13/2010 & rated 88 points: An interesting blend of Chardonnay and Viognier (half and half). Has the floral notes of the Viognier with the fuller body of the Chardonnay. Not a completely successful marriage, but quite drinkable anyway. (2676 views) | | | Tasted by rjonwine@gmail.com on 8/8/2010 & rated 90 points: Santa Barbara Winetasting Trip Day 2: Carr, Tensley, Carina, Qupé (Santa Barbara and Los Olivos, California): Very light yellow color; lightly floral, jasmine, white flower, nectarine nose; tasty, poised, refreshing, nectarine, white fruit palate; medium finish 90+ pts. (50% Chardonnay, picked early; 50% Viognier, picked late) (3309 views) | | | Tasted by Ben Christiansen on 5/11/2010: Dominated by its viognier. (2570 views) |
| Qupé Producer websiteWhite Blend"White blend" means the wine is made from a blend of two or more different white varieties - or in some cases a blend of pink or red varieties that are vinified white, ie. without any skin contact.
A blend of Antao, Arinto, Rouperio. 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 Central Coasthttp://www.ccwinegrowers.org/links.html
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