2013 Cass Roussanne

Community Tasting Notes (4) Avg Score: 88.8 points

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  9/11/2015 - Wine.woot_taster wrote:

  Wine: 2013 Cass Roussanne (Paso Robles/Central Coast, California, USA), Release Price: $26. Screw off cap. This offering appears to be last year’s vintage. Opened one week after FedEx delivery. Six people tasted pre-meal with no food pairing and offered notes as part of this collective report, including one person who has restaurant experience as wine buyer. Four of the reviewers have experience with wine from Paso Robles, including Rhone whites from Booker, L’Aventure, Tablas Creek, and Kinero. The wine was served at 58 degrees with an ambient temperature of 81 degrees. Generic white wine glasses were used.
  
  Notes: Upon opening, nose offered muted honeydew, citrus, almond, and minerals. Mouthfeel was appropriately oily but a little thin. Consensus was that this wine was a perfectly pleasant backyard summer Roussanne. There wasn’t much complexity there, and it had a short finish. One of the reviewers gave in to temptation and dropped an ice cube into the glass (a response to my tendency to drink Rhone whites a bit warmer than some drinkers prefer), but reported that “this didn’t help." The reviewer with the least amount of experience with Roussanne ended up liking it the most. The bottle was not finished. The group collectively settled on a price of $13 as reasonable and would use it as a hot-afternoon wine for friends. We’d also suggest drinking it over the next 6-12 months. While it is not the most interesting Roussanne from this region, there is nothing offensive here.

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  7/14/2015 - linkswinelover6549 Likes this wine: 89 Points

  A beautifully balanced, creamy Roussanne

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  3/28/2015 - cdebeau Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Creamy!

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  1/9/2015 - linkswinelover6549 Likes this wine: 89 Points

  very nice. Crisp fruist. Excellent

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