2014 Robert Mondavi Winery Fumé Blanc Reserve To-Kalon Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (15) Avg Score: 91.9 points

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  11/24/2023 - nzinkgraf wrote:

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  Not the I Block bottling which is 1945 plantings, and the oldest SB in the Western Hemisphere.
  
  Angular pear aromas, peach fruit, not tonnes of creaminess at pnp. Palate is much less blowsy than one could anticipate. Lots of spice, maturity feels like it short of being halfway in its drinking window.
  Lots of lift, almost an ammonia I’d want to drink.
  
  2 hours in, and it starting to show pineapple juice and sweet cotton candy aromas. This would be a fun comparison next to Dagueneau Silex or otherwise.

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  1/13/2021 - dbay Likes this wine: 90 Points

  pale lemon. On the nose medium intensity aromas of vanilla, puff pastry, brioche, lemon, wet stones. On the palate the wine is dry with medium + acidity, medium alcohol, medium + body. The flavor intensity is medium + with vanilla, puff pastry, brioche, lemon, wet stone, lemon curd. Creamy texture on the palate. The finish is medium + with a citrus note. The wine is balanced, demonstrates intensity and has a medium + finish- overall a very good wine. Very pleasant- despite the obvious oak this is an elegant wine.

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  10/19/2020 - bavaur wrote: 91 Points

  The oldest SB I’ve ever had the pleasure of drinking. Classic aromas of grapefruit and ripe peaches on the nose. On the palate these continue but with a creamy, saline and slightly brioche finish. Gripping acidity and surprising minerality.

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  3/28/2020 - Justinneal654 Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Not my style. It is lovely expression of a Napa wine. A bit heavier hand than I prefer.

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  2/8/2020 - mattdathan Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Lovely wine!

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