January 29, 2023 - Guy's Night: ABBC (Anything but Bordeaux and Chardonnay) (Joe & Khem's Place, Mpls): Deep gold color. Drank a glass over an hour plus. Petrol on the nose up front, lacqueur, beeswax, light white flower notes, and an oxidative character. The palate is oxidative, petrol, golden fruits, oily, round and full bodied, white pepper on the finish. Mature and lacks freshness, so probably best to finish these off.
January 26, 2023 - Guys night out - ABBC (Anything But Bordeaux or Cabernet): Pop and pour, drank about 1/6th of the bottle over 1.5 hours. Very Rhone white styles, beesaw, lemon. A fellow taster pointed out its resemblance to a Lopez Heredia white, which is a great comparison, this wine just has more fruit and less complexity.
January 26, 2023 - Anything Goes but Cab and Bordeaux! (Joe's Bistro): This was a slight disappointment as my expectations were very high. Still, a very good wine! Nose initially showed some diesel, which blew off after a few minutes and some white flower and stone fruit came through. Palate was waxy/oily (not in a bad way) with mild honeycomb, unripe peach and some spice. Pretty straight-forward wine that drinks nicely but not the greatest value for my palate. A quick note to point out that I am way more picky with whites than with reds. 90 to 91 points for my palate.
May 29, 2022 - Beautiful wine - simple as that. Good body but not too heavy - so perfumed and also fresh from the green harvest part of the wine - alas my last bottle
March 14, 2021 - Pop and pour. In the glass, slightly hazy deep gold, almost light orange in color. On the nose, honeysuckle, oak, and a faint touch of green apple. On the palate, Meyer lemon, petrol, and floral notes, with a secondary note of apple. An almost creamy, oily midpalate leads into a surprisingly crisp (if not acidic or tannic) finish.
November 25, 2020 - Is this wine really overpriced? I just don't know. Auction prices are low compared to the community price. Anybody have an opinion? I believe it is a wonderfully made wine offering quality and pleasure.
July 14, 2020 - An absolute party favorite! Wonderful bouquet, powerful concentration, simply in a perfect place and nice finish
January 30, 2020 - Bring a Good Bottle at The Kenwood (The Kenwood, Mpls, MN): Light medium gold color. Followed a glass over an hour. The nose has a mix of citrus and tropical fruits; lychee, tangerine, peach with floral aromatics. The palate has citrus oil, peach, tangerine, medium bodied, but it comes up a bit angular on the finish. I'm thinking this was better a year or two ago. 89 to 90pts.
January 30, 2020 - Mixed Offerings at Kenwood (Kenwood Restaurant, Minneapolis): Unique wine. Intense with minerals, lemon zest, floral, honeysuckles and minerals. Won't think this is a Northern Rhone but an interesting wine and would love to try this again in a smaller group. 92+
December 25, 2019 - PNP. Deep golden yellow color. Honey, pear, tangerine, brioche and floral perfume on the nose. Super smooth, super greasy palate, with plush acidity.
Firm tannins on the medium long finish, this has improved dramatically in the two years since I last tested it. The nose is like a still Champagne.