Neil Valenzuela

9.0

Refreshing on a humid day at Hilo, HI. — 2 months ago

Jay Hall

9.4

Wonderfully full bouquet and a nice fruity, jammy flavor. Very smooth. — 6 years ago

Hernan Hernandez

9.5

Great balance of acidity, minerals and fruit. I really like the tropical notes. I had it with chicken fajitas and it went really well. — 7 years ago

Adam F

9.5

Not sure what we are celebrating but this is damn good! — 8 years ago

Jones Family

9.2

Fruity, tart — 3 years ago

David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.4

Nose reveals beauty & grace. Sweet & just sour lemons, lime candy, green dominate apples with shades of golden, cream, vanillin, ginger, ripe squeezed pineapple flesh, grapefruit with pith, touch of apple cider, salted caramel, cream soda, sea fossils, sea spray, light volcanics, marmalade fruit, Stone fruit with yellow & spring flowers flowers set in mixed greens.

The palate is very full, round, waxy, rich with excellent viscosity. Beautiful mouthfeel. Great time for a bottle. Sweet & just a sour lemons, lime candy, green dominate apples with shades of golden, cream, vanillin, ginger, ripe squeezed pineapple flesh, grapefruit with pith, touch of apple cider, salted caramel, cream soda, healthier honey, sea fossils, white spice with the perfect depth & heat, sea spray, reductive, melted molasses, light volcanics, wet stone, elegant flintiness, marmalade fruit, stone fruit-apricot, nectarines, white & yellow peach with yellow & spring flowers flowers set in mixed greens. The acidity is like a cool stone filled stream. The long, round finish is; waxy, round, lush, with excellent balance fruit & earth, gentle white spice palate heat that persists endlessly. On the long, longboard set, I get soft subtle cream notes of whiskey/scotch w/o any heat. It Hoovers center mouth.

Photos of; one of Dauvisst Cru vineyards, staff caning in the spring, Vincent, Dauvisst and photo of a vineyard that shows every bit of reason why White Burgundy tastes the way it does!

Some producer notes I read. Vincent started helping his father René in 1976 and, during the last decade, has gradually taken control of viticulture and winemaking. For him, the ultimate goal is to harvest healthy grapes that are fully ripe and concentrated which, he declares, can only be achieved consistently by hard work in the vineyard. His passion for wine enables him to put this work ethic into practice with real vigour - close pruning the vines (40 years old on average) during the growing season to restrict yields, hand harvesting at vintage time and ruthlessly discarding any rotten or split grapes. His vinification and maturation methods see him join the small band of Chablis producers who employ oak. The wines are vinified and aged in a mixture of steel vats and 6-to 8 year old wooden barrels. The wood is old and therefore doesn’t stamp any oak flavour onto the wines but does give them an extra depth of flavor and density of body, whilst still retaining their unique identities. These are intensely terroir-driven, mineral wines of such concentration that they take longer than most to reach their best, though they are every bit worth the wait. — 4 years ago

JKT

8.9

Perfect match for first wine home with Andrew’s pull pork xian hamburger after long drive from Southern Shores. Notes of smoke bacon salinity carrying through to palate and finish with sense of liveliness despite the age. Good match. AA10 like Longboard — 4 years ago

Gary Bruckner, CMP

9.4

Opened this January 10, 2020 and it was absolutely delicious! — 5 years ago

Iwan

9.2

Complex and layered. Much better than you would expect for the price. — 6 years ago

Willis Mendocino

9.4

A sunset longboard ride at the beach with the wind wiping through my hair and fresh sea salt smell crisply dancing in the air. Smoooooooth. — 7 years ago