A delightful well balanced and inexpensive Sauternes N: honey, dried apricot, lemon, golden raisin and green apple P: honey, canned peach, dried apricot, diesel
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I brought it to pair with the fruit plate (including oranges, apricots and almonds) and was quite surprised to find a delicious chocolate cake, too - which did NOT pair at all.
How nice our friends like sweet wines! Have to remember that :)
There were no Sauterne glasses so we drank these in champagne glasses which show the wine quite well.
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Dark golden, weak tea colored, medium bodied, sprites of sweet honey, apricot with note of peach and glints of pear, citrus and notes of lychee, stone fruit on a tongue coating unctuous finish.
Day bright pale gold. ~ Nose of pear and apricot skin. Honey hints and @[1|35386745|Erin Cubley] id’d as honeysuckle which was beyond my skill. Fully body cooked pineapple like a pineapple upside down cake. Marmalade. Flan notes leading toward malo thoughts but reading indicates lees aging rather than malo conversion. Some candied lemon rind at finale. ~ Generally delicious, med+ acid, no sense of how much alcohol in this due to the residual sugar.
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had last night, All I recall is the Honey notes and the “honey-sweet” (bordering saccharine) taste. IMO this would indeed benefit from 10+ more years in the bottle.
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Color - Straw to Honey yellow Nose - Big fruit, stone fruits, Peach, Apricots, citrus, Pears, Apple Palate - First impression high in RS, Honey, stone fruits Peach, Apricots, citrus. Apple Held up well over 4 to 5 days. Went well with a Chocolate Chicken Mole, sweetness complimented the chili in the Mole.
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This is amazingly good for the price. The bouquet is fantastic, with vanilla and coconut, lemon peel and custard. The palate is however a bit simpler, with good sweetness and acidity, but lacking complexity. Still, this wine deserves high marks for cramming a lot of enjoyment into a small bottle at a small price.
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Lacks complexity, but still checks off most of the boxes. Baked pineapple, clover honey, and candied tropical fruits dominate, with lively orange peel acidity taking over late. You're not going to find a better Sauternes value than this right now - $11 for a 375ml.
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One small glass consumed over ~45 minutes while warming from fridge temp to cool room temp. Honeyed but not cloying, and providing a moderate hit of bitterness from botrytis. However, this wasn't very interesting overall - it came across as simple, short on acid (even for a Sauternes), and slightly dilute. Perhaps it's just in a phase due to its youth, but I probably won't be going back for more, myself. Fortunately, our company was fantastic, and this was preceded by a very satisfying red.
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12/25/2023 - Jshummelt Likes this wine: 90 Points
A delightful well balanced and inexpensive Sauternes
N: honey, dried apricot, lemon, golden raisin and green apple
P: honey, canned peach, dried apricot, diesel
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8/19/2023 - M.Y. Chong Likes this wine:
Honeyed and apricot.
Good value for home drinking.
BTG at Smith + Gertrude Stockbridge Edinburgh
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2/10/2023 - TashNYC wrote: 92 Points
Shabbat Dinner at Pam and Dean's with Wine (Princeton, New Jersey): This drank quite well. Notes of almond, apple, pear, honey and lots of apricot. This will be really great in 5 years (will there be any left?!) -- but good now, too.
I brought it to pair with the fruit plate (including oranges, apricots and almonds) and was quite surprised to find a delicious chocolate cake, too - which did NOT pair at all.
How nice our friends like sweet wines! Have to remember that :)
There were no Sauterne glasses so we drank these in champagne glasses which show the wine quite well.
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3/24/2022 - Clark W Griswold Likes this wine: 90 Points
Pear and pinapple. Long delicious finish. Should had it with fried chicken :) great value find at Costco.
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7/24/2021 - rmcnees Likes this wine: 91 Points
Dark golden, weak tea colored, medium bodied, sprites of sweet honey, apricot with note of peach and glints of pear, citrus and notes of lychee, stone fruit on a tongue coating unctuous finish.
https://unwindwine.blogspot.com/2021/07/french-wine-dinner-at-chez-joel-chicago.html
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7/10/2021 - jdkrabbe wrote: 86 Points
Day bright pale gold. ~ Nose of pear and apricot skin. Honey hints and @[1|35386745|Erin Cubley] id’d as honeysuckle which was beyond my skill. Fully body cooked pineapple like a pineapple upside down cake. Marmalade. Flan notes leading toward malo thoughts but reading indicates lees aging rather than malo conversion. Some candied lemon rind at finale. ~ Generally delicious, med+ acid, no sense of how much alcohol in this due to the residual sugar.
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1/1/2021 - VinoGeeko Likes this wine: 88 Points
had last night, All I recall is the Honey notes and the “honey-sweet” (bordering saccharine) taste. IMO this would indeed benefit from 10+ more years in the bottle.
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12/8/2020 - Jamul Wino Likes this wine: 92 Points
Color - Straw to Honey yellow
Nose - Big fruit, stone fruits, Peach, Apricots, citrus, Pears, Apple
Palate - First impression high in RS, Honey, stone fruits Peach, Apricots, citrus. Apple Held up well over 4 to 5 days. Went well with a Chocolate Chicken Mole, sweetness complimented the chili in the Mole.
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11/17/2020 - robmatic wrote: 90 Points
This is amazingly good for the price. The bouquet is fantastic, with vanilla and coconut, lemon peel and custard. The palate is however a bit simpler, with good sweetness and acidity, but lacking complexity. Still, this wine deserves high marks for cramming a lot of enjoyment into a small bottle at a small price.
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8/15/2020 - TashNYC wrote: 92 Points
Outdoor Fried Chicken Dinner with Friends (Princeton, NJ): This drank quite well. Notes of apple, pear, honey and lots of apricot. Perhaps a little more complicated with more age, but good now.
Drank better in the champagne glass than a regular wine glass.
We had it with our friend’s homemade peach cobbler, which was an ok pairing (but not perfect).
Great qpr for $12-$13 / bottle.
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7/18/2020 - tunaguy Likes this wine: 89 Points
a very nice value for $11 for a 375. baked pineapple, honey, mushroom. drank better after a week open and re-corked in the fridge. will pick up more
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7/18/2020 - slabslovin Likes this wine: 94 Points
really nice mouthfeel and flavors. Just a touch sweeter than I would prefer.
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5/6/2020 - Jlynfield wrote: 94 Points
Extreamlh creamy and vinellla
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3/5/2020 - jmcmchi Likes this wine: 90 Points
Drunk over three sittings, improving each time, although I still like the initial freshness
Nice balance, honey notes not overdone, will get more
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1/20/2020 - ziavino wrote: 90 Points
Lacks complexity, but still checks off most of the boxes. Baked pineapple, clover honey, and candied tropical fruits dominate, with lively orange peel acidity taking over late. You're not going to find a better Sauternes value than this right now - $11 for a 375ml.
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11/17/2019 - bretrooks wrote:
One small glass consumed over ~45 minutes while warming from fridge temp to cool room temp. Honeyed but not cloying, and providing a moderate hit of bitterness from botrytis. However, this wasn't very interesting overall - it came across as simple, short on acid (even for a Sauternes), and slightly dilute. Perhaps it's just in a phase due to its youth, but I probably won't be going back for more, myself. Fortunately, our company was fantastic, and this was preceded by a very satisfying red.
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1/16/2019 - TannicBeast Likes this wine: 90 Points
Excellent QPR "second wine" from this quality Sauternes chateaux.
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