Yellow color with not much in the way of bouquet and flavor, just acidity, with some mineral notes, and a bit of oak. Just not a winner by any metric. Nothing more to say.
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Nose of oak, buttered popcorn, and citrus. Tastes of orange marmalade, candied lemon peel, and light cream. The wine was nicely balanced between the fruit and alcohol. Crisp on the front end with a medium finish.
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Damn, this is the best bottle of this that I've had yet. Even-handed oak expressed on the nose and the palate. A little circus peanut, some oak, but not too much. Not too creamy, more angular. Super delicious.
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Friday Afternoon; 1/22/2016-1/23/2016 (Rocknroller's (Kevin & Vicki's Place)): Medium dark gold color. PNP, drank 2 glasses over an hour. The nose shows bright orange blossom, tangerine, lemon and subtle mineral notes. The palate is medium bodied and on the lean side; light- medium acid, lemon, tangerine, hints of saline and mineral. Medium finish. Very restrained, no sign of oak and no malo here.
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Sta Rita Hills, 7 mile by 5 mile block in western Santa Barbara Cty, the extreme SW of Santa Ynes Valley. 'The weather is perfect, from a professional stand point.' Sand, plankton, about 10 miles from the ocean. Worked for UCSB as French Lit teacher. Got into wine in 1992. Brewer Clifton started in 1996. Started with $10,000, bought 2 tones of fruit. In 1997, Greg was involved mapping and starting the Sta Rita Hills appellation. Foggy in the morning, sun breaks out around noon. Then the wind comes in. No rain. Blessing and a curse. No new oak at Brewer Clifton, no stirring the lees. Lees are the life support, from which the wine should not be removed. No malo to speak of. 90% of production is the Sta Rita Hills Chard and PN. 'White wine as an hour glass shape.' 'Lemon, lime and salt as elements of the Sta Rita Hills.' Salty citrus aromas, but has a flatter expression, but again more mineral, not a big fruit vehicle. A bit of a flat beer aroma. Has some weight on the palate to mitigate all the acid. Some notes of Pilsner on the palate with lime fruit.
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9/18/2018 - Ben Christiansen wrote:
Big rich fruit, but not that rich, a little bit bitter.
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7/8/2018 - tcosgriff Does not like this wine: 77 Points
Yellow color with not much in the way of bouquet and flavor, just acidity, with some mineral notes, and a bit of oak. Just not a winner by any metric. Nothing more to say.
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11/24/2017 - K-Web24 Likes this wine: 90 Points
Nose of oak, buttered popcorn, and citrus. Tastes of orange marmalade, candied lemon peel, and light cream. The wine was nicely balanced between the fruit and alcohol. Crisp on the front end with a medium finish.
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2/24/2017 - nzinkgraf wrote:
Damn, this is the best bottle of this that I've had yet. Even-handed oak expressed on the nose and the palate. A little circus peanut, some oak, but not too much. Not too creamy, more angular. Super delicious.
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10/26/2016 - Ben Christiansen wrote:
Big, caramelly, chardy chard.
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1/23/2016 - rocknroller wrote: 91 Points
Friday Afternoon; 1/22/2016-1/23/2016 (Rocknroller's (Kevin & Vicki's Place)): Medium dark gold color. PNP, drank 2 glasses over an hour. The nose shows bright orange blossom, tangerine, lemon and subtle mineral notes. The palate is medium bodied and on the lean side; light- medium acid, lemon, tangerine, hints of saline and mineral. Medium finish. Very restrained, no sign of oak and no malo here.
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1/15/2016 - nzinkgraf wrote:
W/ Greg Brewer.
Sta Rita Hills, 7 mile by 5 mile block in western Santa Barbara Cty, the extreme SW of Santa Ynes Valley. 'The weather is perfect, from a professional stand point.' Sand, plankton, about 10 miles from the ocean. Worked for UCSB as French Lit teacher. Got into wine in 1992. Brewer Clifton started in 1996. Started with $10,000, bought 2 tones of fruit. In 1997, Greg was involved mapping and starting the Sta Rita Hills appellation. Foggy in the morning, sun breaks out around noon. Then the wind comes in. No rain. Blessing and a curse.
No new oak at Brewer Clifton, no stirring the lees. Lees are the life support, from which the wine should not be removed. No malo to speak of. 90% of production is the Sta Rita Hills Chard and PN. 'White wine as an hour glass shape.' 'Lemon, lime and salt as elements of the Sta Rita Hills.'
Salty citrus aromas, but has a flatter expression, but again more mineral, not a big fruit vehicle. A bit of a flat beer aroma. Has some weight on the palate to mitigate all the acid. Some notes of Pilsner on the palate with lime fruit.
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