Light gold in color Tropical fruity nose. Some banana and papaya. Delicious off the nose. Nice acidity. Lots of melon off the first sip. Longish finish. Unctuous and a little waxy. This is fantastic wine for the price.
Miso Sable fish by Britt for dinner.
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Anton’s Wine Tasting Notes Winery: Ridge Vineyards Varietal: Grenache Blanc 77%, Picpoul 18%, 5% Roussane Area/Appellation: California, Paso Robles, Adelaida Vineyard Vintage: 2019. Price: $31 Jacob East Kansas Color: yellow straw. Legs: fast Nose:very faint yellow melon, lime, some green apples, green melon, honeydew melon. After two hours nose still very faint. Palate: lime, citrus zest, lemon, saline, green apples, green melon. Finish: More lime, lemon and citrus zest And green melons on the finish that smooth out to a lime curd, very nice. Comments: smooth all the lime/ lemon and other citrus melon’s zest flow very nicely. The acidity is extremely well balanced with the fruit in fact the balance is almost perfect. Pairing Suggestions: Any variety of ethnic food, i.e. Chinese, Thai, Japanese, Moroccan, Lebanese, Mediterranean, just no big spices and a minimum of heat. I had it with garlicky chicken from Meddy’s. Score in terms of Vintage: 90 Score for the Wine: 90 Value for the Money:Very Good Date Tasted: 05/14/2022 Tasted by: ACK
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Years ago at a tasting room, this wine was described to me as having a note of Captain Crunch on the nose and palate. That is all I think of now when I drink Grenache Blanc.
Bright acidity, med+ body, and lots of citrus and tropical notes. Enjoyable as an aperitif but suitable to a whole range of food pairings.
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pale straw; clean & subdued, tropical & citrus skin aromatics appear after aeration & warming; med + bodied; piney & restrained, until it warms, green melon, dry pineapple, slightly more wood than ideal for me; some bitter notes on the finish.
give it some air & not too cold; pale color is deceiving - there's a decent amount of thrust. succeeded better than imaginable w/the food.
slabs of the first green Cherokee tomato w/warm white corn & the first chanterelles in amontillado emulsion
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I love Ridge wine, this is an interesting Grenache Blanc. Barrel fermented it says on the bottle. It softened the edges of the acidity compared to full stainless steel fermented GB.
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Sweet mandarin orange, honeydew melon, and coconut lead the way on the palate, enveloped in a healthy dose of spicy oak. The oak is well integrated though, and lively acidity keeps this feeling fresh and surprisingly elegant. An absolute pleasure to drink.
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Pale straw color. Nose: white peach, orange pith, marmalade, quite a bit of oak spice - but fresh. Palate: superb high acidity, quite juicy, very fresh, mineral, savory, quite oaky but not in an overt or over-the-top sense. Zingy all the way through, a touch of (refreshing) bitterness at the back. Some viscosity, but the overall impression is surprisingly, impressively light-footed. Perhaps a little less riveting than the more Roussanne-heavy whites that Ridge makes from Paso, but lip-smackingly delicious. Best 2 hours after opening, so bear that in mind if drinking now. As with all of Ridge's Paso whites, this is a generously-oaked but beautifully balanced wine and a superb value. 14%, $29.
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1/13/2024 - jrock156376 Does not like this wine:
No flavor, flat
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10/13/2023 - Genghis88 Likes this wine: 91 Points
Light gold in color
Tropical fruity nose. Some banana and papaya. Delicious off the nose.
Nice acidity. Lots of melon off the first sip. Longish finish. Unctuous and a little waxy. This is fantastic wine for the price.
Miso Sable fish by Britt for dinner.
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5/15/2022 - redhead6971 Likes this wine: 90 Points
Anton’s Wine Tasting Notes
Winery: Ridge Vineyards
Varietal: Grenache Blanc 77%, Picpoul 18%, 5% Roussane
Area/Appellation: California, Paso Robles, Adelaida Vineyard
Vintage: 2019. Price: $31 Jacob East Kansas
Color: yellow straw. Legs: fast
Nose:very faint yellow melon, lime, some green apples, green melon, honeydew melon. After two hours nose still very faint.
Palate: lime, citrus zest, lemon, saline, green apples, green melon.
Finish: More lime, lemon and citrus zest And green melons on the finish that smooth out to a lime curd, very nice.
Comments: smooth all the lime/ lemon and other citrus melon’s zest flow very nicely. The acidity is extremely well balanced with the fruit in fact the balance is almost perfect.
Pairing Suggestions: Any variety of ethnic food, i.e. Chinese, Thai, Japanese, Moroccan, Lebanese, Mediterranean, just no big spices and a minimum of heat. I had it with garlicky chicken from Meddy’s.
Score in terms of Vintage: 90
Score for the Wine: 90
Value for the Money:Very Good
Date Tasted: 05/14/2022
Tasted by: ACK
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2/3/2022 - WineJ2019 Likes this wine: 92 Points
We had this with some friends who were Erving about it. Smooth and ripe (but not overripe) fruit flavors. Fun to drink
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1/10/2022 - Davidthibodeau4 wrote:
Years ago at a tasting room, this wine was described to me as having a note of Captain Crunch on the nose and palate. That is all I think of now when I drink Grenache Blanc.
Bright acidity, med+ body, and lots of citrus and tropical notes. Enjoyable as an aperitif but suitable to a whole range of food pairings.
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6/29/2021 - WineJ2019 Likes this wine: 91 Points
Drank this over a few nights. Showed much better at room temperature rather than chilled.
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6/11/2021 - pigdaddy wrote: 90 Points
pale straw; clean & subdued, tropical & citrus skin aromatics appear after aeration & warming; med + bodied; piney & restrained, until it warms, green melon, dry pineapple, slightly more wood than ideal for me; some bitter notes on the finish.
give it some air & not too cold; pale color is deceiving - there's a decent amount of thrust. succeeded better than imaginable w/the food.
slabs of the first green Cherokee tomato w/warm white corn & the first chanterelles in amontillado emulsion
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4/7/2021 - ktenbrink Likes this wine: 90 Points
I love Ridge wine, this is an interesting Grenache Blanc. Barrel fermented it says on the bottle. It softened the edges of the acidity compared to full stainless steel fermented GB.
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3/21/2021 - europat55 wrote: 90 Points
Nose: 91 Palate: 89
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3/8/2021 - ziavino wrote: 92 Points
Sweet mandarin orange, honeydew melon, and coconut lead the way on the palate, enveloped in a healthy dose of spicy oak. The oak is well integrated though, and lively acidity keeps this feeling fresh and surprisingly elegant. An absolute pleasure to drink.
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2/27/2021 - Slaz wrote: 91 Points
Relatively ripe and sweet, tasted best more chilled (at under 50F). Has few years ahead.
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12/28/2020 - Benj wrote: 91 Points
Pale straw color. Nose: white peach, orange pith, marmalade, quite a bit of oak spice - but fresh. Palate: superb high acidity, quite juicy, very fresh, mineral, savory, quite oaky but not in an overt or over-the-top sense. Zingy all the way through, a touch of (refreshing) bitterness at the back. Some viscosity, but the overall impression is surprisingly, impressively light-footed. Perhaps a little less riveting than the more Roussanne-heavy whites that Ridge makes from Paso, but lip-smackingly delicious. Best 2 hours after opening, so bear that in mind if drinking now. As with all of Ridge's Paso whites, this is a generously-oaked but beautifully balanced wine and a superb value. 14%, $29.
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11/21/2020 - WineJ2019 Likes this wine: 91 Points
Fresh, crisp, with a long finish
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11/11/2020 - pigdaddy wrote: 90 Points
pale lemon skin color; orange zest & melon salad nose, w/nutmeg spice; med+ weight; ripe mouthfeel, notable glycerin, orange marmalade, w/a fine edge of pith bitterness on finish.
an interesting expression of this grape that worked well w/a challenging dish
creamy collard chowder w/gold potatoes & country ham
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9/15/2020 - Ben Christiansen wrote:
New Vintage! With some vanilla, cream, the overture white from Ridge. Bill notes it tastes like a Ridge white wine. A oak pop to it. And there it is.
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