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| Drinking window: Drink between 2011 and 2012 (based on 4 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 83.7 pts. and median of 86 pts. in 7 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Dave124 on 12/6/2011 & rated 87 points: Apricots. (4348 views) | | | Tasted by JSHinson on 6/9/2011 & rated 79 points: Weird wine, not to our style. Some others in the group liked it. Did not write down tasting notes, so more of an overall impression, rather than a detailed review...sorry! Would not buy the same vintage again, would give it a try again with a different vintage. (4683 views) | | | Tasted by rjonwine@gmail.com on 4/9/2011 & rated 83 points: SF Vintners Market: Report on 27 Producers (Fort Mason Festival Pavillon, San Francisco, California): Aromatic, orange cream, honeysuckle nose; orange cream, honeysuckle, nectarine palate; medium finish (49% Sauvignon Blanc, 25% Albarino, 20% Muscat, 6% Chardonnay) (3647 views) | | | Tasted by Niccolo Donzella on 3/14/2011 & rated 75 points: We found this unpleasantly sweet, even with a spicy dish. We plan to try poaching pears with the remainder. (4878 views) | | | Tasted by woodwardcellar on 1/17/2011 & rated 86 points: I'll just say that I agree with the notes from Phredd. This is a good, interesting white and has both an array of interesting flavor profiles as well as the acidity to complement a good meal. (4970 views) | | | Tasted by Phredd on 11/14/2010 & rated 88 points: Chilled before serving to about 50 degrees. The wine is almost clear, with just the slightest tinge of yellow-green. It is a very atypical blend of 49% sauvignon blanc, 25% albarino, 20% muscat blanc, and 6% chardonnay. It has a fairly faint nose, but the floral, peachy aroma it does have is very nice. Had I not known the blend, I would have assumed from the nose that this was a Rhone white. On the palate, on the other hand, this is more like a light gewurztraminer. Off-dry, but with a racy acidic streak, the center of the wine is tropical fruit, mainly guava and mango, with a continuation of the peach and some peach pit flavor. The nice floral component carries through from nose to palate. There also is a very gewurztraminer-like lychee aspect to it. The finish is medium long and a little hot (13.9% ABV), but with nice banana and petrol flavors. All-in-all this is not an epic wine, but it would be hard to find a better standalone sipper or apéritif-type wine. It would be great to serve this in hot weather. (The wine holds up just fine after it warms to room temperature.) I don't know that I would want to pay a whole lot more than the $14 retail I spent, but at that price I'm definitely going to ask for it again from my LWS. Gimmicky packaging, but this is quite a nice little effort. Don't overlook this one at your local shop.
Edit: Put this wine in the regular fridge (35F) and tried it again the next day. My wife and I both agreed: The wine is much better warmer. Don't serve this too cold. Once warmed, though, it was fine on day 2. (5006 views) |
| By Richard Jennings
RJonWine.com (4/9/2011)
(X Winery White X) Aromatic, orange cream, honeysuckle nose; orange cream, honeysuckle, nectarine palate; medium finish (49% Sauvignon Blanc, 25% Albarino, 20% Muscat, 6% Chardonnay) 83 points |
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| X Winery 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 North CoastThe North Coast American Viticultural Area (AVA) in California, covering more than three million acres, includes Napa, Sonoma, Mendocino and Lake counties, and portions of Marin and Solano counties. (see The Wine Institute for more information)North CoastLodi |
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