December 24, 2023 - Spent all afternoon cooking Christmas Eve dinner and all everyone wanted to talk about around the table was this wine. It enchanted red- and white-wine drinker alike. Crème brûlée, tangerine zest, marzipan and river stones. Oily and satisfying. Delicious right out of the bottle. An hour in the glass was even better. Our white wine drinker, H, said it was the best white she’d had in years. Drink now to 2028. Outstanding.
September 10, 2023 - Deep yellow gold. Lemon curd, ripe pear, honey, white flowers with a grassy undertones. Full body, intense, low acid and medium+ finish. This is very much a New World wine.
August 27, 2023 - Good mouthfeel and decent balance (could use more acid) but the persistent honey aftertaste is unfortunate. My third bottle of this wine, each with consistent notes.
August 10, 2023 - Opened but not decanted about four hours prior to consuming. The edges have softened a bit since the first bottle. Tropical notes and Rhone qualities present with a long finish. Beautiful wine with plenty of life left ahead of it if you can keep your hands off of it.
August 10, 2023 - Decanted for one hour, needed to show its true nature. Reminds me of Northern Rhōne. Big wine in good balance with acidity. Drink over the next ten years would be my guess.
June 11, 2023 - Maybe an off bottle but very little acid to balance out this wine. Intriguing nose with tropical notes but drank oily/flabby. Will pull another, hoping this was an anomaly. Purchased directly from producer.
May 19, 2023 - Courtesy of tlv. Straw yellow color. Aromas of matchstick, quince, star fruit, honeysuckle and beeswax. Rich and layered, with waxy Rhonish textures and flavors of apple, honeydew, quince, peach and spice.
May 14, 2023 - Intense tropical fruits with layers of flavors and length
January 24, 2023 - Super unusual, nose is tropical but palate is much more restrained with stone fruit, great aromatics, some pineappple and richer as it warms
December 11, 2022 - Interesting, balanced and very good. Medium to heavy bodied, but not a monster and not at all viscous (as has been my experience with some central CA Rhône-inspired whites). Slight golden hue, slight oxidative note but still fresh. Just walks a really nice, balanced line.