Pop and pour through an aerator.
NOSE: Juicy blackberry and a little pine…the tiniest bit of light-roast coffee. Promising for a $10 wine.
TASTE: like the nose, with some nice bitter tannin and some cherry on the finish…started good but deteriorated with air (?) and acquired some generic cheap cherryish wine flavor…88. May try again. — 13 days ago
NOSE: coconut cream, custard, nilla wafers, grilled pineapple, a little mango. Smells like typical aged Suduiraut!
TASTE: the vanilla cookie is strong with this one - plus tres leches. 93.
Sauternes is one of my preferred pairings with pumpkin pie and whipped cream. HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!! — 7 days ago
NOSE: crusty bread, golden apple and pear, a slight whiff of aged cheese.
TASTE: …watery apple and white grape juice. It’s fine, but disappointing for CHAMPAGNE. 87. — 13 days ago
NOSE: wild blueberries, blackberry jelly, iron, wintergreen.
TASTE: big blast of acidic berries, tree bark - root-beer like? Dense and good. 90. — a month ago
NOSE: brambly berries and branches …
TASTE: dense berry compote, baking spices, tobacco, and bitter chocolate ... 90! — 7 days ago
NOSE: smells a little like semillon with a dash of rice vinegar … hm.
TASTE: clean, crisp, in balance. Citrus and parsley. Pretty good! 89. — 12 days ago
NOSE: saline and apple blossom.
TASTE: stone fruit - white peach - and golden apple, plus a little stone. A little buttered popcorn. I’d prefer more zip. 88. — 14 days ago
One-dimensional, bitter citrus pith (grapefruit, lemon, limes - I would have guessed extra brut if this were blind. But for $6…a sparkler that doesn’t taste like apple juice? That’s a good deal. 85. — a month ago
John Bratincevic
Someone else said “perfectly representative of the stereotype” and they were right … great big gobs of butter and oak. 89. — 5 days ago