Clean Skin

Château de Beaucastel

Châteauneuf-du-Pape Red Rhône Blend 1988

Super clean and still quite youthful, this is a GREAT example of a 1980s CdP from a vintage of little surmaturite, so awesome balance and perfect acidity suggests this vintage will easily last another 5-10 years!! — a month ago

Jim Powers
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Tom Casagrande

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What a triumvirate of CDPs!
Doug Powers

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@Tom Casagrande, another example of a great bottle outperforming critical reviews — of the 3 CdPs, the ratings given years ago would have been higher for the ‘89 Beau and ‘90 Pegau!!

Dom Pérignon

Brut Champagne Blend 2015

Smells supe light. Barely there honeysuckle, wisps of green apple. Tiny bubbles, fresh and clean and like if champagne were made of cloud. Delicious, and my first Dom! — 8 months ago

Enderle & Moll

Weiss & Grau Burgunder Weißburgunder Grauburgunder 2022

Very accessible orange wine without any hint of being overly “natural”. Crisp and the bit of skin contact gives it just enough body and texture to be interesting. — 2 years ago

Bob, Severn and 3 others liked this

Domaine de la Pépière

Clos des Briords Cuvée Vieilles Vignes Muscadet Sèvre & Maine Sur Lie Melon de Bourgogne 2020

Subtle aromas of apple skin and saline, weighty on the palate with so much saline and a lift of lemon acidity. Very nice. — 3 years ago

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Paolo Bea

Santa Chiara Umbria Bianco Malvasia Blend 2017

Skin contact fun continues. — 5 years ago

Ely, Jamie and 6 others liked this

Jolie-Laide Wines

Fanucchi Wood Road Vineyard Trousseau Gris

Mildly effervescent skin contact, honeysuckle and melon. Medium acidity and dry. Full bodied mouthfeel. — 6 years ago

Triza and Mark liked this

Oyster Bay

Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2025

The lemonade of wines! I am a big sauvignon blanc fan, but my parents never really drink ones from New Zealand, and this made me wish I had known about it sooner. So refreshing and almost makes you pucker with how tart it is. This wine begs to be drank by the pool. Grapefruit forward, but had a grassy and herbal note that kept it grounded. Clean, acidic and crisp. I would serve this colder than class has taught me to because it is a summer delight. — 2 months ago

Clean Slate

Mosel Riesling

Very drinkable. Will try again. Has nice minerality — 7 months ago

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Pullus

Dry Pinot Grigio 2022

Skin contact Slovenian Pinot Grigio. Beautiful light copper/peach color. Aromas and flavors of ripe pear, melon and nectarines. Additional notes of minerals and yeast. Nice creamy texture. Full flavored and nice mouthfeel. Crisp acidity. Very dry, delicate and quite fresh tasting. Wonderful complexity. Great quality for the price. — a year ago

Bob, Tom and 1 other liked this

Billecart-Salmon

Brut Rosé Champagne Chardonnay Blend 2019

Bright, fruits, fine mousse, clean, pleasantly sweet, long taste — 2 years ago

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Pierre Péters

Cuvée de Réserve Brut Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru Champagne Chardonnay

Very yeasty with rich lime leaf aromas. Firm citrus (lime again) on the palate. Clean bright finish. — 5 years ago

Podere Pradarolo

Vej Bianco Antico Malvasia di Candia 2019

Gorgeous skin contact. Stone fruits, slighty funk. I get mainly apricot and some honeysuckle. — 6 years ago

Paul liked this

Billecart-Salmon

Brut Réserve Champagne Blend

Clean and refreshing. Celebrated the new year. Cheers — 6 years ago

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Cloudy Bay

Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2024

Another solid vintage of this NZ Sauvy B. Bright golden color with green highlights. Aromas of citrus, fresh herbs/grass and tropical fruit. Flavors of grapefruit, lime,passion fruit with a mix mineral/wet stone based backbone. Distinct saline note on the long and crisp and clean finish. Bright acidity and medium body and alcohol (13.5%). Solid freshness and precision. Enjoyed with Asian food at Youyu in the Hard Rock in Atlantic City. — 3 months ago

Whitehaven

Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc

Refreshing, dry, acidic. Citrusy, passion fruit, clean. — 6 months ago

Cherelle liked this

Ermes Pavese

Blanc de Morgex et de la Salle Prié Blanc

Revisiting an old friend. From one of Europe’s highest vineyards. Pure, clean citrus fruit hits you right away like a freshly melted alpine stream in spring. As the bottle warms up, unexpected tropical notes emerge - coconut and pineapple (aka nuances of piña colada). — 9 months ago

Ira, Joshua and 11 others liked this

Foradori

Fuoripista Vigneti delle Dolomiti Pinot Grigio 2018

Amphora, skin contact Pinot Grigio from Foradori. What’s not to like. This is amped up Pinot Grigio, savory, a little tannic and delicious. — 2 years ago

Scribe

Skin Fermented Carneros Chardonnay 2021

Might be the best bottle of Chardonnay I ever had…. Unique 500 ml bottle…. Perfect with homemade burrito bowl — 3 years ago

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Matthiasson

Linda Vista Vineyard Chardonnay

The wine hits the back of the roof of the mouth with a dairy-heavy caramel flavor that is amazing and somehow manages to finish totally dry and clean. An amazing effect. — 5 years ago

Chateau Montelena

Napa Valley Chardonnay 2015

2013. Scent of jasmine and lemon peel. Notes of pear, green apple skin, apricots. Has fresh acid and minerality at the finish. So good and reminded me of Chablis. Turns out I like Chardonnay after all! Want to try more of the Judgment of Paris wineries. — 6 years ago

Triza liked this