Matté

Manager The Wine Cellars

9.1

Some decent complexity in the nose, quite iodine, smoky with some sushi seaweed along with stewed apple, orchard floor, orange blossom, manuka honey & honey comb.
Palate has plenty of that rich, baked red apple, again some orange butters and lemon zest with some ginger on the warming finish. Quite rich in style and lacking a bit acidic structure, the hot 2018 vintage shows here. Maybe not one to age for more than 5 or so years. — 7 days ago

S.S. Mandani

8.9

Poker night with the guys. It’s not quite the same as the real thing, but it’s the best we got right now.

The musk of soil. A sort of fresh sea vitality.

Nice medium body, fresh carbonation. Complex notes of lemon rind, grapefruit, mint, and guava. I can’t decide if the rice vinegar kick at the end is good or eh. — 6 days ago

Brian Szluk

9.3

Citrus, lemon, orange and all In between, white flowers, honey blossom, beeswax, medium plus acidity, so freaking good! — 18 days ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.4

Lemon, sweet Meyer lemon, lemon cake, almond paste, minerals upon minerals, so clean and exuberant. Fresh and lively with intense lemon and lime fruit and some terrific green apple. Juicy and so clean. So much acid and grip. Balanced and long. Finishes salty. — 13 days ago

Stephen Redenbaugh

9.2

True guilty pleasure. A wine this inexpensive shouldn’t make me smile this much! Clean, crisp, dry, simple, simple fun... with or without food. Lemon-lime, a bit of funk, touch of wooly lanolin, nice acid still driving the fruit towards that wonderful, long, lingering finish. Tegan... full props for keeping this wine affordable if still impossible to find apart from the list. — 5 days ago

Douglas Braun

9.1

2016 Vintage wet wool, quince , apple great intensity , amazing acidity - great with Parppadelle Arugula salad — 3 days ago

Shawn R

9.3

Sea shells and ocean mist, creamed peaches with nice acid in the very back of the palate. Light weight and low ABV make for a wonderful summer wine. — 9 days ago

S.S. Mandani

9.4

Elegant, classy champagne hue like I’m at a gala, but, let’s be real, it’s probably a B-list affair.

Asian pear, chalky, lemon pepper essence, no joke.

Excellent carbonation. Reserved, fine bubbles.

Definitely getting the asian pear, but also a slight undertone of licorice, and then finally some nice sweetness and acidity reminiscent of yuzu.

Wonderfully complex and fun to drink like a stimulating chess game is fun to play. I can’t stop, this one might become a go-to. — 9 days ago

Luis Arguero

8.9

100% Chenin Blanc. The more time it spent open, the better the taste. Time allowed this wine to better reflect its true characteristics: round, off-dry & a touch of sweetness. Cheers🍷 — 2 days ago

Al Doyle

9.0

Dunno why folks are saying this is funky; seems like an archetypal deep and crisp Loire Chenin to me, pretty great. — 5 days ago

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