2019 L'Ecole No. 41 Sémillon

Community Tasting Notes (12) Avg Score: 88.9 points

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  10/15/2023 - Teamrehfeld wrote:

  Always good. Always consistent.

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  4/15/2023 - oakville72 Likes this wine: 89 Points

  Not much in the nose, but flavors are redolent with melon and herbs. A bit too soft for my liking, perhaps because the wine was barrel fermented, which tends to reduce acidity. Some creaminess, suggesting the wine underwent at least partial malolactic. In a way, it reminds me of the Concannon Semillons of the 1960s and 1970s, which I liked a lot. They were also fermented in wood, though in their case it was redwood tanks.
  
  (3/18/2022) Compared to a Bordeaux Semillon, rather fat but with the melon character indicative of Semillon. No doubt, the 12% Sauvignon Blanc cushions that, adding a bit of herbal character. L'Ecole No. 41 wines are very consistent, vintage after vintage, and always a good buy.

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  12/12/2021 - srh Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Should you be interested, I’ve uploaded info for this vintage which you can peruse at your leisure. 😉
  
  Private Preserve used after Day 1
  
  N: Toast, poss a touch of vanilla, sltly atop quince with notes of limes; Later, a creaminess
  
  P: Med body; Oak atop a modicum of frt met by a slightly astringent acidity which DOES pretty much mitigate as it evolves into a LONG, eventually reasonably pleasant finish. Though the night's COSTCO's Roasted Chx & Gnocchi in Lt Tom Sauce slightly increased the astringency, it nonetheless DID manage to cleanse the palate with its firmness. While NOT my preferred Sémillon approach, it's well made in its oaky/malolactic style.
  
  // Days 4 & 5: Has faded aromatically, the creaminess now being predominant. On the P oak (with its bitterness/harshness) now QUITE dominant.
  
  // ∑: Particularly towards the end I *really* sensed the "almost chardonnay like...viscous body" mentioned in the TN of 12/6/21. The low end of my EXC- (90 pts), though as I said in my TN of 9/22/21, higher for those > receptive to its oak/malo, flavors that will become > dominant as it ages further. 13.5% ABV.

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  12/6/2021 - crcarlson wrote: 87 Points

  clean
  clear bright lemon yellow
  Beer, lemon zest almost TDN, chamomile on the nose
  medium acid
  medium alcohol to medium plus
  lemon, lemon pith on tbe palate
  Bitter phenolic finish
  An almost chardonnay like mild wine with a viscous body but not a ton of character

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  9/28/2021 - N777 Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Purchased at their Walla Walla tasting room last spring.
  
  Appearance: medium clear yellow with flecks of green. No gas or sediment
  
  Nose: medium(+) intense aromas of lemon and honeydew melon. No apparent oaking to me
  
  Palate: full bodied, creamy texture, medium/medium(+) acid, and dry. Medium(+) flavors of lemon/orange, marshmallow, and cream. Medium(+) balance, good complexity, and a nice medium/medium(+) creamy and slightly saline finish.
  
  Really clean and well balanced with good fruit supported by creaminess. Very nice!

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