Community Tasting Note

• RajivAyyangar wrote: 75 points

  May 6, 2015 - 7% Solution, SF 2015 (SF): Marsanne, Vermentino, Grenache Blanc, Picpoul.
  Blend: 31%M/48%V/13%GB/9%P)
  Tablas Creek clones.
  Cloudy gold. moderate concentration.
  A bit of a lambic nose (re-fermentation in bottle? bacterial? Brett?). Weird. Underripe pear. Metallic.
  P: Dry, maybe a slight pillow of RS. Moderate malic acid. Mostly savory, earthy flavors. Slight phenolic bitterness on the back end. Diminished acidity. Light. Earthy, not very aromatic.
  13.2% Alcohol
  50% skin fermented, 50% whole cluster. 9 months in neutral barrels. Bottled unfiltered. 311 cases.
  Harvested Aug 27- Sept 5.
  $28
  Around 7.5

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2 Comments

• jsherdc commented:

  6/27/15, 1:50 PM - It doesn't seem like you are using the same scoring system as everyone else. Did you think this was a terrible wine?

• RajivAyyangar commented:

  6/28/15, 9:40 AM - My scores do tend to use more of the 50-100 point range than the overall CellarTracker distribution:
  
  http://tinyurl.com/rajivCtDistribution
  
  For me, 80 points is a wine that's perfectly fine and completely undistinguished. My perception of this wine was that it was systematically flawed (not a faulty bottle). I didn't think it was "terrible" - that would be <70 points.

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