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• fredb Likes this wine:

  June 2, 2020 - Stood up for three days to allow yeast sediment to settle into punt. Decanted off of that and some tartrates that had precipitated onto the cork/bottle neck. Color is brilliant gold. Aromas of honeysuckly, almond, lemon oil, and anise. Palate has marcona almond and lemon as the primary characteristics. There is an herbal note lurking in there that is almost spicy. The finish is medium-long. This bottle was in great shape - purchased on release. No hurry to drink but fully mature and running at full speed for my tastes. Drink or hold.

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• godx wrote: 90 points

  April 5, 2013 - Bill's Monthly Lunch - April 2013 (Vancouver, BC): Tasted blind – Guava and ripe tropical fruit nose. Richer and almost oily on the palate with a creamy and coconut finish. I thought this might be a Northern Rhone white but there was more acidity here than I usually find in NR whites. When I read my own note on this it seems like a white wine I might not like (ripe, creamy, coconut) but it’s quite good and the overall package works. A full and deep wine with complexities that’s surprisingly focused and not heavy or overdone. Excellent.

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• prism wrote: 94 points

  June 10, 2012 - Day One: Rich yellow-gold. Very Bordeaux-like in profile. The predominant notes are sherry, roasted almonds, and toasted coconut with grilled pineapple. A full-bodied white that stands up well to food, but at this point I would say drink up. 91+
  Day Two (after vacu-vining & refrigeration): Holds up very well--improved, actually--, and in revisiting this a second, time, it is very like a high-quality white Bordeaux with some age on it. SB comes in a few different iterations (NZ, Loire, light Cali, and so on) but I prefer this to all others. It would be interesting to try this in a flight with say, Haut-Brion Blanc and Pavillon Blanc: I think it would perform well. 94, with a point or so added for the great QPR this represents.

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• Mrbuzz wrote: 94 points

  August 16, 2010 - Golden metallic, slight green hugh color. Nutty sherry, tropical fruit, toasted coconut, hazelnut butter nose. First taste, and you might quickly think OX....but after a couple sips, it's totally not! This is all about perfectly aged white wine...that shouldn't age...but did! Blind, you would go to Bordeaux. Only a White Bordeaux can age this well?? Well....another Kalin SHOCKER! This is all about rich and oily, little waxy, tropical/pit fruit.....very complexed with age, of toasted coconut, hazelnut butter, lemon honey, marzipan, grilled pineapple rosemary sprig skewer atop a green tea cake drizzled with lavender honey.....really! Plenty of lemon citrus acidity and minerals to give this wine some youth...and just enough sherriness for added complexity. Great wine, freakish again, from Kalin....probably just released a few short years ago!

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• Bob & Sue Atlanta wrote: 94 points

  October 25, 2009 - Last two bottles - better than ever

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• Vintage 1996
• Type White
• Producer Kalin Cellars
• Varietal Sauvignon Blanc
• Designation Reserve
• Vineyard n/a
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion North Coast
• Appellation Potter Valley

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• In Cellars 12 (27%)
• Consumed 32 (73%)

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