2012 Robert Mondavi Winery Fumé Blanc Reserve To-Kalon Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (18) Avg Score: 90.7 points

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  10/2/2023 - Mrbuzz Likes this wine: 94 Points

  These wines are getting more and more precious...I now see these pushing $100 per at the winery, and the I Block is not even listed on their website, and only a lone bottle of the 16 offered on WS for $899! This 2012 Reserve is still drinkin FANTASTIC...bright and energized with youth...pitted orchard and tropical fruit salad...killer sour tarts and grapefruit acidity...SO exotic with banana skin wax, green tea, lemon grass...all integrated perfectly with this salty crushed limestone minerality...smoked sage...some honey butter. Really exotic, singular wine, and like no other SB on the planet. The I Block just takes it up past the notches...and with all the history associated with these vines and wines...just a true JOY to drink one!

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  1/15/2022 - BURGHen Boy Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Right amount of grapefruit and oak held up by a beautiful body. Drinks long, finishes with some mineral and lemon. Really like this style

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  11/27/2021 - Fatty Cat wrote: 89 Points

  Rarities dinner “Spectacular Californians” late Nov 2021: very pale yellow color; extrem intense nose of caramel, mocca and of course fume aromas mixed with tree fruit notes; fresh acidity on the palate. 88-89/100

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  11/25/2021 - BURGHen Boy Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Grapefruit, citrus, gooseberry. Hints of straw and oak. Nice combo of power and elegance. In balance with a long finish.

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  1/7/2021 - Westgate Wine Store wrote:

  Very cool, very historic. Oakville Sauvignon Blanc is celebrated for its ripe fruit, a subtle minerality, and rich texture. This wine wonderfully expresses that Oakville personality. The fruit intensity of the 2012 is matched by mouthwatering acidity in a wine that weaves lemon and grapefruit citrus, melon fruit, herbal and verbena floral with lemongrass, and an integrated touch of nutty oak character.

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