Maybe a bit too much for my tastes. It paled to some other bottles on the table. Rich, honey and tropical fruit a tad hot on the finish. Full-fruited, and heavier on the palate. I can see its appeal. It just wasn't great for me.
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This is a solid and interesting wine. Not your typical Sauvignon Blanc. Opposite end of the spectrum from the high acid, grapefruit and hay type SBs. This has some serious weight. Honey, touch of tropical fruit, sweet and tart finish. While this may not be for everyone, this is a classy Scholium wine that is more than just a passing fancy or conversation piece.
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Full 24K gold. Nose of ripe tropical fruit, peach and apricot, no scent of alcohol. The palate mirrors the nose, full-bodied but not thick-textured, clean and with just a touch of heat, very long finish, a little dessert-y. This wine is a showcase of totally ripe but not overwrought SB. I enjoyed this more as an aperitif than with food.
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As with many Scholium whites I am torn between absolutely loving it and thinking it's a little odd. A rich SB with apple pie, absinthe and chamomile. Super low production. An interesting wine for sure.
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Bottle #2. Popped and poured with a dinner of grilled wild caught sockeye salmon, potato latkes and broccoli sauteed with new garlic. This is an outstanding wine. It does not have the light guava flavor of many sauvignon blancs. Instead, there is a depth of flavor that fills the entire mouth; almost meaty. Dry honey and tart apple with a bit of citrus. Finish is tart.
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good piercing minerality, but somewhat out of balance. The flavors of the vineyard are incredible and shine through, but I'm suspicious of the picking date.
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This is a great white wine, one of the best Sauvignon Blancs I have had from the US. I opened this along with a lot of other whites for my wife's birthday party on a warm evening outside on the deck. I barely got a taste because a few of the guests fell over each other scrambling back to get some more after their first taste. This wine is outstanding. Sauvignon Blanc with broad frruit flavors leaning towards the tropical without the aparent sweetness of some tropical fruit SBs, and a special depth of flavor that made this a true multi-dimensional wine. There is a characteristic that I find in southern Rhone blends (Roussane, Marsanne, Viognier) that gives them a depth and meatiness that I find very rare in white wines, and this one had that component without any of those varieties. There is terroir in these wines, a feelilng that you can taste the mineralsd in the soil next to the fruit. These are extremely old SB vines, going back 50 years, that will be replanted after the current harvest, so this wine is not long for this world. There were only 19 cases - not even a full barrel, and we were lucky to have this bottle. Farewell, fine friend.
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8/23/2018 - decaturwinedude wrote: 89 Points
Maybe a bit too much for my tastes. It paled to some other bottles on the table. Rich, honey and tropical fruit a tad hot on the finish. Full-fruited, and heavier on the palate. I can see its appeal. It just wasn't great for me.
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12/31/2016 - jrobs7777 wrote:
This is a solid and interesting wine. Not your typical Sauvignon Blanc. Opposite end of the spectrum from the high acid, grapefruit and hay type SBs. This has some serious weight. Honey, touch of tropical fruit, sweet and tart finish. While this may not be for everyone, this is a classy Scholium wine that is more than just a passing fancy or conversation piece.
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7/4/2016 - SteveG wrote: 90 Points
Full 24K gold. Nose of ripe tropical fruit, peach and apricot, no scent of alcohol. The palate mirrors the nose, full-bodied but not thick-textured, clean and with just a touch of heat, very long finish, a little dessert-y. This wine is a showcase of totally ripe but not overwrought SB. I enjoyed this more as an aperitif than with food.
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12/9/2015 - GrandeSerataFuori wrote: 89 Points
As with many Scholium whites I am torn between absolutely loving it and thinking it's a little odd. A rich SB with apple pie, absinthe and chamomile. Super low production. An interesting wine for sure.
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7/13/2013 - Jay Hack wrote: 91 Points
Bottle #2. Popped and poured with a dinner of grilled wild caught sockeye salmon, potato latkes and broccoli sauteed with new garlic. This is an outstanding wine. It does not have the light guava flavor of many sauvignon blancs. Instead, there is a depth of flavor that fills the entire mouth; almost meaty. Dry honey and tart apple with a bit of citrus. Finish is tart.
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3/9/2012 - Michael K. Likes this wine: 87 Points
good piercing minerality, but somewhat out of balance. The flavors of the vineyard are incredible and shine through, but I'm suspicious of the picking date.
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7/16/2011 - Jay Hack wrote: 92 Points
This is a great white wine, one of the best Sauvignon Blancs I have had from the US. I opened this along with a lot of other whites for my wife's birthday party on a warm evening outside on the deck. I barely got a taste because a few of the guests fell over each other scrambling back to get some more after their first taste. This wine is outstanding. Sauvignon Blanc with broad frruit flavors leaning towards the tropical without the aparent sweetness of some tropical fruit SBs, and a special depth of flavor that made this a true multi-dimensional wine. There is a characteristic that I find in southern Rhone blends (Roussane, Marsanne, Viognier) that gives them a depth and meatiness that I find very rare in white wines, and this one had that component without any of those varieties. There is terroir in these wines, a feelilng that you can taste the mineralsd in the soil next to the fruit. These are extremely old SB vines, going back 50 years, that will be replanted after the current harvest, so this wine is not long for this world. There were only 19 cases - not even a full barrel, and we were lucky to have this bottle. Farewell, fine friend.
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