Alder Yarrow

Wine Blogger Vinography

8.9

Sepia filter courtesy of smoke filled skies here in Oakland. If the end of the world is coming we better get drinking. Let’s start with some regal Chasselas. Six years in the bottle this is starting to pick up some weight with hints of butterscotch on top of the lemongrass and citrus pith notes you’d expect from this stony little white. Quite delicious. — 20 days ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.2

Nose of intense alpine minerality. White flowers. Custard. Hint of medicinal quality. More like an apothecary. Not bad medicinal if that is not clear. Clean and way batter than my last bottle’s aromas. Palate is juicy and clean, long and tense. Really long. Terrific elegance and purity. Nice spice. Balanced and very pure. Exotic tropical fruits. @Delectable Wine this is roussanne not Jacquere. — 21 days ago

Vay John Blazina

9.6

2012 Medium dark color with a spectacular dried fruit nose with a medium well balanced somewhat acidic complex body and a long complex aftertaste. Tasted with a 2009 Vrignaud Fourchaume, which was lovely, this wine seems older and more complex. Lovely wine that rates 4.5. — 20 days ago

S Butterfield

Sommelier Flask Fine Wines

9.1

Convivial. Effervescent nose massage. Racy like a stockcar when opened then trailing off to cruising speed. Not serious, yet an intriguing party guest. Gets deeper after an hour. All slate white grape style. For acid heads. — 3 days ago

Byron Hewett

9.0

Minerally with mountain herbs. Crisp, fresh and clean. Easy to drink. — 15 days ago

Fredybeans

9.1

Jaune or
Fruit jaune
Bouche ample avec des notes oxydatives
Notes tournées en finale et belle remanances oxydative
À boire mais bien — 15 days ago

Mark Eastom

9.0

I love this varietal. Inky color, blueberry/Boysenberry jam, wild spice, geranium, chalky minerality, funk(in the best way), medium tannin, chalky finish and great acid. — 21 days ago

Tom Casagrande

8.9

Such a nice wine for a weeknight dinner. Nose has loads of juicy crunchy plum fruit on the nose, with a whiff of violets. In the mouth, there’s an intense saline minerality, light fruit, and a weightless mouthfeel. There’s a nice bitter note at the end — 21 days ago

Matthew Cohen

9.5

One of my favorite roussane.

Nose is dense and complex. Orange peel. A hint of peat.

Palate is rich but elegantly so. Not over the top like much northern rhone roussane. Very very precise without a hint of blowsiness. Just killer precise linear tropical fruit.

As for the vintage ? True artistes do not stoop to arithmetics.

Bought from fass selections. — 17 days ago

Brendan Baker

8.9

Crunchy red fruits, alpine herbs, mineral, bright, a bit thin, delicious with a chill ⚡️ — 23 days ago