Interesting champagne. Eccentric. The taste is like a fake fruity pump fake The aftertaste is like not too sweet cotton candy. I’m not a fan but I will drink it if nothing else is around. This is a lil too adventurous for me. I’m lost. Not a bad sparkling wine but dEf not my style. Give it to ppl who don’t like regular champagne or sparking wine In my opinion. Side note. After 20 min of air it smells of candy Ppl who don’t really like wine will love this. Buy this for those. An drink your wine of choice.
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NV it appears, website suggests. Warning: the cork blew out with the cage. There should be a Law: "Champagne" made with added essence of almond? Pleasant sweet almond flavored sparkler clean, nutty, hold to surprise guests after dinner, save your real Champagne for two, save $XX per bottle, inquire of nut allergies.
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Typical California sparkling but with almond flavor added. Sweet, crisp, and absolutely not my thing. Might be good with desserts, but I'm about to evaluate its effectiveness in cleaning drains.
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Well, I was destine to run into this one day and ironically it was during an end of the world dinner. Lots of people love this wine, it's sweet with an attack of pear then followed up by the almond. As you'd expect, there is no hint of brioche or dough and there isn't much weight to it.
I won't bag on it because the guests that brought it really love it, I can understand, but don't confuse it with methode champagne.
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Beautiful sums up this almond delight in a sparkling wine. Serve nice and cold and enjoy. Consistant thruout and extra tasty w/ a dessert. We bought more right away.
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Overly sweet with little complexity. That said, for what it is, an almond-flavored sparking wine, it was pleasant enough and went well with the variety of snack foods that accompanied a Sunday afternoon of football. My wife, who doesn't like overly dry sparking wines, really enjoyed it.
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AWFUL! A friend recommended it. I was hesitant to even buy it, but I did. My wife and I both had one sip a piece, then...Down the drain. $12 of bottled water would have been a better buy.
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Wow was this sweet. Very easy to drink but not your traditional sparkling wine. Mom really enjoyed it but then again she likes wines that are like sugar water. I didn't hate it and in fact sort of enjoyed it but I wouldn't serve it impress company. I think most non-wine drinkers would like it.
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Extreme almond flavors; relatively sweet for sparkling wine. Those who I drank it with had had other Temecula sparkling wines and had said that this year seemed to have more residual sugar than more recent years.
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Garbage. Grossly oversweet. Nose of Massive Cherry Coke. Also smelled like amaretto sour, the really sweet cocktail. Gross artificially sweet finish. Dumped after one glass.
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I’ll preface this note by saying that flavored sparking wines are not really my thing, but even still I find this wine very difficult to enjoy in any circumstance. Liquid marzipan – and that about describes it all. Overall, I’m glad I gave it a try but was still expecting a bit more of a nuanced drink.
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If flavored "champagne" is your thing, then give this a try. Personally I am not a big fan of it but it wasn't all that bad and worked out ok with a cheese platter.
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4/10/2024 - Raywilliams420 wrote: 85 Points
Interesting champagne. Eccentric. The taste is like a fake fruity pump fake The aftertaste is like not too sweet cotton candy. I’m not a fan but I will drink it if nothing else is around. This is a lil too adventurous for me. I’m lost. Not a bad sparkling wine but dEf not my style. Give it to ppl who don’t like regular champagne or sparking wine In my opinion. Side note. After 20 min of air it smells of candy Ppl who don’t really like wine will love this. Buy this for those. An drink your wine of choice.
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11/15/2023 - WinePT84 wrote:
Too old
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11/5/2023 - xyc wrote:
NV it appears, website suggests.
Warning: the cork blew out with the cage.
There should be a Law: "Champagne" made with added essence of almond?
Pleasant sweet almond flavored sparkler clean, nutty, hold to surprise guests after dinner, save your real Champagne for two, save $XX per bottle, inquire of nut allergies.
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5/19/2023 - Baron Slick wrote: 80 Points
Sweet, cloying, and full of almond intensity. Tastes confected.
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1/1/2022 - zmptexas Likes this wine: 90 Points
Nice almond taste with good bubbles. Light champagne.
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12/31/2021 - zmptexas Likes this wine: 90 Points
Nice Almond flavor and good bubbles. Not overpowering. Light champagne.
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12/25/2021 - RichWill64 wrote: 91 Points
Great after dinner with chocolate.
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7/13/2020 - R2-D2 wrote: 70 Points
I had this, once, and lived to tell the tale.
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12/24/2017 - K_marney Likes this wine: 97 Points
Almondy
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6/10/2016 - TriNorm Does not like this wine:
Typical California sparkling but with almond flavor added. Sweet, crisp, and absolutely not my thing. Might be good with desserts, but I'm about to evaluate its effectiveness in cleaning drains.
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4/15/2013 - fcupero Likes this wine:
always good almond flavor enjoyable
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12/22/2012 - brigcampbell wrote:
Well, I was destine to run into this one day and ironically it was during an end of the world dinner. Lots of people love this wine, it's sweet with an attack of pear then followed up by the almond. As you'd expect, there is no hint of brioche or dough and there isn't much weight to it.
I won't bag on it because the guests that brought it really love it, I can understand, but don't confuse it with methode champagne.
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10/28/2012 - MoWineNut wrote: 75 Points
- Yellow color - Still flavorful and bubbly. Retained coloring well, golden. Almond taste was rounded and complementary to grape.
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1/15/2012 - MH Amateur wrote: 65 Points
Overly sweet and nasty.
Could not finish the bottle; just ended up dumping it.
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12/16/2011 - dg1 Likes this wine: 91 Points
Always a great choice. Solid combination of sweet and dry. Best QPR in champagne hands down. Is it just me or are there no years on this bottle?
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4/19/2011 - blacklock wrote: 91 Points
Beautiful sums up this almond delight in a sparkling wine. Serve nice and cold and enjoy. Consistant thruout and extra tasty w/ a dessert. We bought more right away.
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1/29/2011 - Edney wrote:
We didn't like it
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1/1/2011 - KirkStewart wrote: 85 Points
Nice hint of almond. Great to drink with chocolate.
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12/31/2010 - carlsport wrote: 88 Points
Not an experienced Champagne drinker, but I did enjoy this wine. Pleasantly fun and heavy on the vanilla and almond (duh). Would have again.
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11/28/2010 - westcoastwannabe wrote: 83 Points
Overly sweet with little complexity. That said, for what it is, an almond-flavored sparking wine, it was pleasant enough and went well with the variety of snack foods that accompanied a Sunday afternoon of football. My wife, who doesn't like overly dry sparking wines, really enjoyed it.
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6/26/2010 - efrascar wrote: 89 Points
This has a quite an almondy taste which I found refreshing and light, its probably not for everyone.
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4/6/2010 - TottenCellars wrote:
Was used to make mimosas. Everyone seemed to enjoy the extra bit of flavor. Highly recommended used in this style.
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4/4/2010 - phlegls wrote: 80 Points
Big hit with inlaws on Easter - Not for Me I had a 1998 argyle
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2/13/2010 - FakeAccount wrote: 80 Points
sweet. try something else.
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12/12/2009 - pouncey wrote: 50 Points
AWFUL! A friend recommended it. I was hesitant to even buy it, but I did. My wife and I both had one sip a piece, then...Down the drain. $12 of bottled water would have been a better buy.
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11/29/2009 - salamanca wrote: 60 Points
Poured it down the drain. A guest brought it once.
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10/18/2009 - MDRwinos wrote: 80 Points
Very sweet. Novelty champagne. Stick with the real stuff.
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5/24/2009 - tommers207@gmail.com wrote: 81 Points
Wow was this sweet. Very easy to drink but not your traditional sparkling wine. Mom really enjoyed it but then again she likes wines that are like sugar water. I didn't hate it and in fact sort of enjoyed it but I wouldn't serve it impress company. I think most non-wine drinkers would like it.
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2/15/2009 - Dude Buster wrote: 82 Points
Not bad, but once was enough.
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1/3/2009 - gbpenn wrote: 80 Points
Extreme almond flavors; relatively sweet for sparkling wine. Those who I drank it with had had other Temecula sparkling wines and had said that this year seemed to have more residual sugar than more recent years.
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1/1/2009 - GARDEN wrote:
This was served at a party. My wife and I did not taste it. Those drinking it liked it.
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11/30/2008 - tanglenet wrote:
Served chilled on Thanksgiving. I had a really hard time finishing one glass, the artificial almond taste was so strong. Mediocre.
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8/17/2008 - yonster24 wrote: 50 Points
Garbage. Grossly oversweet. Nose of Massive Cherry Coke. Also smelled like amaretto sour, the really sweet cocktail. Gross artificially sweet finish. Dumped after one glass.
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4/16/2008 - SaysNuts wrote: 85 Points
This bottle was a little past its prime. I love the almond notes.
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2/18/2008 - spendergast wrote: 89 Points
An interesting champagne with nice fruit combined with almond. Went over very well with cheese and Pate.
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10/21/2007 - BrandrB wrote: 75 Points
I’ll preface this note by saying that flavored sparking wines are not really my thing, but even still I find this wine very difficult to enjoy in any circumstance. Liquid marzipan – and that about describes it all. Overall, I’m glad I gave it a try but was still expecting a bit more of a nuanced drink.
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9/27/2007 - Green wrote: 99 Points
This is my all time favorite champagne! Having it this weekend to celebrate my wedding.
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4/8/2007 - Rob MacKay wrote: 82 Points
If flavored "champagne" is your thing, then give this a try. Personally I am not a big fan of it but it wasn't all that bad and worked out ok with a cheese platter.
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2/8/2006 - rloomis wrote:
stemmy, vegetal fruits + artificial almond -- pretty much what you'd expect from a low cost, mass produced, nv flavoured champagne.
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