Seth Masterson

9.1

I tried this 10 hours after it was opened and it's one of those white burgundies that gets better with some air time.
Great texture from the soft minerals - limestone and marl?
Just enough acid to keep it fresh.
So approachable. This is the wine I would serve at events or weddings.

A Kermit Lynch find. — 2 days ago

Seth Masterson

8.4

NV
Is this 100% Chenin Blanc? It doesn't seem to be but maybe it's a bad bottle - it comes across as oxidized and flat. Not a fan. — 2 months ago

Seth Masterson

8.8

It opens with Concord grape, which was surprising. Waxy stuff with not enough acidity to cut through. It's a little cloying to be honest with you. It's this type of wine that I rave about after the first sip, talk about after the second one and then start to make pondering faces after the third. — 2 months ago

Seth Masterson

8.8

A good standard Garnacha. Dried fruits and fruit florals, potpourri.
This is from the chalky slate areas but not licoricella.
It's kind of medium everything and a good example of what you might find on an exam or the wine you would use to introduce your friends to Garnacha from this region. — 14 days ago

Seth Masterson

8.5

This is so disappointing. It tastes like a $20 grocery store bottle of Napa Cab not a $100 bottle from a great year.
Over extracted, overcooked, stewed black and red fruit. No elegance, no finesse. It really tastes like amateur hour at the winery. 😢 — a month ago

Seth Masterson

9.2

Coteaux Des Travers Terra Rosea
A bio-dynamically produced blend from Cairanne wine maker Robert Charavin.
I didn't have high expectations but this surprised me right away. Very approachable immediately upon opening, black raspberry, dried herbs, roasted cocoa. The texture is soft- hinting at clay soil - medium tannins, fine in texture. All of the olfactory senses carry over to the taste buds making it enjoyably drinkable. It's not a wine that's layered with complexity, instead it's a wine that is a solidly enjoyable experience to a broad audience and can be served on its own or paired with a variety of simple foods - this should be a go to for roasted chicken. — 2 months ago

Seth Masterson

9.1

Aromas of fondant and lemon and perfectly ripened yellow pear.
Silky texture, this must go through a complete malolactic conditioning.
One of the few good wines I prefer served refrigerator cold. — 17 days ago

Seth Masterson

9.0

Perfectly ripe red fruit condition, Red plum and red cherry. Secondary black plum.
Texture is rounded and soft with a good acid balance.

Too much new oak for my preference, it distracts from the quality of the fruit. — 24 days ago

Seth Masterson

9.1

This is everything that makes a good-great Alto Adige Pinot Bianco/ Weissburgunder. — 2 months ago

Seth Masterson

8.6

Not to my taste. Somehow both watery and austere. Intense tannins without the body to support it. — 2 months ago