Community Tasting Notes 17

• VAGenius Likes this wine: 91 points

  March 29, 2024 - Floral nose with touch of lemon peel. Tropical fruits on the plate with lime and loads of mineral acidity. Pear on the finish, with prickly acidity and granite. Interesting to pair with carrot cake, but was hoping it would be a bit sweeter.

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• Charlie C Likes this wine: 91 points

  March 16, 2024 - Greenish gold color. very minerally on the nose, tropical fruits, iodine, Riesling petrol. Crisp and full on the palate with an oily texture. Honey, sour lemon, minerals, bit of green apple. Sharp (not unpleasant) acidity, fine balance. Finishes long and crisp with lingering lemon notes and cleansing acidity. Well-made but not to my palate.

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• ben7210 Likes this wine: 91 points

  February 27, 2024 - Medium straw. Tropical notes on the nose. On the palate dry high acid, pineapple and passion fruit, apples. Tart and bright. Medium finish. No rush on this one. Very good wine, fairly complex. Good QPR.

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• wabi47 Likes this wine: 90 points

  July 17, 2023 - dry; nice mouth texture; good fruit density, taken over by citrus zest on the finish

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• vindictive wrote:

  January 9, 2023 - Petrol at the onset, then a blue cheese odor that was not entirely pleasant Worked very well with coconut shrimp rice; the lime zest and basil came out of the glass. Excellent acidity and the cheesy smell dissipates with time. Probably a wine to keep. Like most American wines, it is an expensive exploration into terroir. Hard to choose this over so many German, Alsatian and Austrian rieslings.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2020
• Type White
• Producer Desire Lines
• Varietal Riesling
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard Cole Ranch
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion North Coast
• Appellation Mendocino County

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• Pending Delivery 2 (1%)
• In Cellars 121 (46%)
• Consumed 142 (54%)

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