Still a very vibrant wine of youthful fizziness and a mousse that doesn’t give up. Flavors of green apple (still indicating the wine needs more time) with a central core of lemon meringue, cream, and almond. There is clear RS in this tipple yet is balanced with acidity. Time will judge this wine, but currently, as pleasant as it is, it has yet to show the makings of complexity. 12.5% alc. With cashews watching the Southern 500 (Larson wins.) 09.03.23. Recommended.
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Always a solid pour. Generous mousse and continuous bubble bead. Notes of green apple and lemon meringue. Some RS but nicely balanced with the acidity. 12.5% alc. No food. Recommended.
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I absolutely love this wine. To me, this is one of the best domestic sparkling wines for the money. Quite golden in color. On the nose, this is quite yeasty/bready/leesy with a good amount of ripe red apples. On opening, this can be a tad muted but just give it 30 minutes or so and it will open up. Also, this benefits from being served a tad warmer than what you might expect (this will be a tad controversial but I serve this a tad cooler than a red wine). On the palate, the wine has a lot of body, it is quite luscious (in a good way), yeastiness, ripe apple, some honey, maybe a tad of caramel (light caramel), and some zestiness. Finish is very long.
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9/3/2023 - timewithwine wrote:
Still a very vibrant wine of youthful fizziness and a mousse that doesn’t give up. Flavors of green apple (still indicating the wine needs more time) with a central core of lemon meringue, cream, and almond. There is clear RS in this tipple yet is balanced with acidity. Time will judge this wine, but currently, as pleasant as it is, it has yet to show the makings of complexity. 12.5% alc. With cashews watching the Southern 500 (Larson wins.) 09.03.23. Recommended.
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12/3/2022 - timewithwine Likes this wine:
Always a solid pour. Generous mousse and continuous bubble bead. Notes of green apple and lemon meringue. Some RS but nicely balanced with the acidity. 12.5% alc. No food. Recommended.
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1/3/2022 - VAGentleman wrote: 93 Points
Old Champagne Style. An inviting frothy toasty crème over green apples and notes of passion fruit. Comparable to those costing twice as much
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12/31/2020 - Markvhartman wrote:
Very good
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12/29/2020 - Sanfoan Likes this wine:
I absolutely love this wine. To me, this is one of the best domestic sparkling wines for the money. Quite golden in color. On the nose, this is quite yeasty/bready/leesy with a good amount of ripe red apples. On opening, this can be a tad muted but just give it 30 minutes or so and it will open up. Also, this benefits from being served a tad warmer than what you might expect (this will be a tad controversial but I serve this a tad cooler than a red wine). On the palate, the wine has a lot of body, it is quite luscious (in a good way), yeastiness, ripe apple, some honey, maybe a tad of caramel (light caramel), and some zestiness. Finish is very long.
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