Community Tasting Notes 17

• cos65 wrote:

  March 12, 2020 - Served blind
  Pale golden straw
  Light pear, citrus aromas
  Balanced acidity
  Losing its verve a bit, I’d drink up
  Holding on I suppose, but just
  YFS

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• walkerjfw wrote: 89 points

  August 20, 2017 - From bottles bought directly at the winery at release, well stored in my cellar. Eileen's pending visit to Lede inspired the opening of a few Lede wines this evening. Nicely chilled, PnP, drank over an hour.
  
  From prior notes: "Pale color. Crisp and fragrant nose of citrus, melon, grapefruit. Palate was pear, citrus, grapefruit, lemon zest, crushed rock. Medium finish. Very nice, lacked some of the back palate texture you get from CA Sauvignon Blanc..."
  
  This bottle did a bit better, everyone picked up the creamy mid palate, crisp minerality and citrus. Everything working well with this wine at this point...drink over next 2-3 years...

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• walkerjfw wrote: 88 points

  April 9, 2016 - At home with John/Valerie post dinner...been a couple years since I visited this wine. Purchased at the winery
  
  Pale color. Crisp and fragrant nose of citrus, melon, grapefruit. Palate was pear, citrus, grapefruit, lemon zest, crushed rock. Medium finish. Very nice, lacked some of the back palate texture you get from CA Sauvignon Blanc...
  
  Nice palate cleanser - good as an aperitif, with seafood or veggies

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• wconnolly Likes this wine: 88 points

  July 31, 2015 - Pale straw color. Peach and a bit of grapefruit on the palate. This is the oldest of three vintages of this wine in my cellar. Interestingly, first impression upon opening was that there had been some diminution due to age. Missing was the bright, lemony, citrus note evident with younger vintages. However as this opened some of the lemon revealed itself although in a mellower fashion. Certainly this was not past prime but it is interesting to note the changes with time of this (for us) go to Sauvignon Blanc.

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• slapsht007 Likes this wine: 89 points

  July 4, 2015 - Very enjoyable. Better than last bottle. Much more fragrant and open. Very crisp, nice fruit. Scents and taste of pineapple and pear. Really good with the grilled glazed Berkshire pork chops we had.
  Happy 4th of July!!

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2012
• Type White
• Producer Cliff Lede
• Varietal Sauvignon Blanc
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Napa Valley
• Appellation Napa Valley
• UPC Code 008261120314

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• In Cellars 181 (26%)
• Consumed 505 (73%)

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