Community Tasting Notes 9

• LeVin66 Likes this wine: 91 points

  April 25, 2024 - Really enjoyed - nice balance with a medium body, round palate, mild oak and sufficient acidity.

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• Condrieu82 Does not like this wine: 85 points

  August 15, 2023 - Bitter notes oregano and sage dominate the palate, which shows some citrusy elements as well. Medium acidity, but bitter herbal notes dominates the palate with subdued lime and mango notes. Ending is medium with oaky notes.
  
  Overall this felt unbalanced and not particularly appealing - bitterness dominated fruit with not very exciting results.

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• bootaylor76 wrote:

  February 24, 2023 - Excellent excellent and excellent. Gift from Violet Grgich and one of my favorite whites of all time!
  
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• KVM wrote:

  December 9, 2021 - Honeyed nose of grass and gooseberry. Touch of sweetness, silky apricot fruit. I like it.

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• Heynetty wrote:

  September 22, 2021 - 4thWednesdays - Sept 2021: A: Pale lemon (with lustre)
  N: Medium (+) nose of radish, arugula, apple, lime rind, white peach, grapefruit rind, wet stone
  P: Dry, high acidity, medium alcohol, pb, pronounced intensity, medium (+) body and long finish
  Balanced fruit and acidity, length and intensity are ideal and complexity here. well defined fruit profile. Outstanding quality
  
  Guess:
  Gruner Veltliner. Kremstal. It was vegetal and had more body than I expected yet the fruit was not very ripe.
  
  Mistakes:
  The richer mouthfeel was related to time spent in barrel rather than the warmer climate of Kremstal. I missed all other clues to barrel ageing and the fruit was likely riper than I thought. Also no white pepper which might have lead me away from Gruner (though I rarely get it on Gruner). I should have locked on to the absence of phenolic bitterness, that would certainly have moved me towards the other very vegetal white grape, SB.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2018
• Type White
• Producer Grgich Hills
• Varietal Sauvignon Blanc
• Designation Fumé Blanc
• Vineyard n/a
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Napa Valley
• Appellation Napa Valley

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• In Cellars 173 (34%)
• Consumed 336 (66%)

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