2019 David Akiyoshi Sugar Cube Blanc

Community Tasting Notes (3) Avg Score: 89.5 points

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  3/23/2021 - TexasRee Does not like this wine:

  This wine was too sweet even for the sweet wine lover in the house!

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  3/11/2021 - Carol Lynn Likes this wine: 89 Points

  March 2021
  
  Many of you are well aware that I lean toward sweeter wines. Over the 7 (SEVEN????) years I've been an Angel/investor in NW, my sweet-meter and palate have become more tolerant of the semi-sweet and off-dry wines that are more readily available here. Some folks who are far more cultured than I seem to group sweet wines with dessert wines (late-harvest or ice-wines - even ports or sherries). To me, they are very different - you don't drink 5-6-8-+ ounces of dessert wines if you wish to stay upright.
  
  All that said...David's Sugar Cube Blanc is a tasty, semi-sweet white. (I'd describe his Sugar Cube Rouge as off-dry)
  
  I sipped a little before dinner - quite chilled from refrigerator - and found it very tasty.
  
  I seem to have only made comments about one pairing: lump crab cake and tortilla chips with homemade guacamole - VERY tasty, but inching toward off-dry with these foods.
  
  I have more in my basket, and am hoping that "out of stock" means just that and it will be back IN stock when I have sufficient room for another 6-pack. I really need to consume more of my stash - I was spoiled in my house with a spare fridge and a good 'storage' cellar. I refuse to decorate my one-bedroom apartment in cardboard box, even though our winged boxes are ever-so-attractive!
  
  Thank you, David, for creating a couple of sweeter wines for those of us who yearn for them!

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  1/24/2021 - wordwoman Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Complex nose with lemon, hay, and buttery tones, but not as sweet as the name led me to expect. The first sip certainly doesn't disappoint, though. This tastes almost like juice it's so sweet! There are flavors of lemon, pear, orange blossoms, and a touch of herbs and honey. This was absolutely delectable with a little snack of parmagianno regianno.

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