Tear Of The Cloud

Weingut Rings

Pfalz Spätburgunder 2018

Eye: unfined/unfiltered, resulting in a vivid ruby-hued cloud

Nose: dark-red fruit mixture, damp tilled earth, mushroom, sweet spice, light floral accents

Palette: dry, medium+ acid, smooth medium tannin, flavors to match the nose, high level of finesse

Overall: this wine had no business being this good, a great Spätburgunder intro for those exploring Pinot Noir outside Burgundy
— a year ago

Pali Wine Co.

Rancho la Vina Vineyard Pinot Noir 2015

Perfect cherry-filled SRH PN. Smoke blows off over the years from my previous rating. Quintessential SRH terrier show of diurnal shifting cool cloud coverage and hot sun baked afternoons. Vibrancy and brightness shows through strong and young but more complex. Well-balanced. Bright acidity across the finish. Lovely! — 3 years ago

Ellen, Paul and 5 others liked this

Domaine Prieuré Roch

Le Cloud Ladoix Pinot Noir 2017

There are years where the fickleness of the weather prevent the even ripening of all the grapes on the bunches, and as the grapes cannot be harvested before the stems themselves fully ripen, on these years any extra ripe grapes will detach themselves from the stem while on the “table de tri”(sorting table). Since the traditional Burgundy vinification methods require the grapes to be fermented “entière” (in whole bunches) the loose berries are not used, despite being wonderfully ripe. — 4 years ago

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Domaine Amiot Guy et Fils

Vieilles Vignes Chassagne-Montrachet Chardonnay 2020

Softest golden straw with glints of green gold. Hint of gunpowder melts to reveal a pudding-soft, dried lychee which peels away to white roses, citrus pith and avocado cloud glistening with flintlock shavings in ginkgo shade. Extraordinary palate leans hard into a soft wall of olive, evaporating lemon oils, cottonseed oil, and lime nodules. Tangerine-pear impossibilities flower, riveting the tongue with pithy, zesty, and blossoming evocations. Ginger, tea and nano bits of Wrigley’s original juicy fruit.



#chassangemontrachet #guyamiot #domaineguyamiotetfils #bourgogneblanc #whiteburgundy #burgundy #appellationchassagnemontrachetcontrôlée #whiteburg
— 2 years ago

Severn, Sharon and 7 others liked this

Baer Winery

Ursa Merlot Blend 2008

Silky, smooth Right bank style blend of 53 Merlot, 29 Cabernet Franc 13 Cabernet Sauvignon, 4 Malbec and 1 Petite Verdot from the Stillwater creek Vineyard Blueberries, Vanilla, blackberry jam and fine tannins.p95 points Wine SpectatorbrThis has great presence, offering a dense cloud of blackberry, cherry and spice flavors that hover over a sleek frame of fine tannins, with just enough acidity to keep it fresh. The finish sails on beutifully. Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec and Petite Verdot. Winemaker Lance Baer founded Baer Winery in 2000 with a single passionato bring something unique to Woodinville. After years of working with some of the most prestigious wineries in the area, Lance wanted to take his winemaking skills in his own, creative, direction. Lance succeeded in handcrafting blends distinctly his own, and in April 2003 the wineryas signature blend, Ursa, was released. Ursa, a feminine expression of red wine, predominantly Merlot and Cabernet — 4 years ago

Stuart, Tom and 25 others liked this

Buffalo Trace Distillery

Old Weller Antique Original 107 Brand Wheated Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey

Peach cobbler, caramel-apple, baked pear tartlet, pine nettle, sweet corn, dried red cherry, cedar-on-grill, brown sugar, nutmeg, cinnamon, chilies, generous oak that includes acorns, crisp vanilla cookie make the nose. Hot initially, with oregano oil, cinnamon and tobacco. Revisit yields subtleties, including lemon oil, grapefruit pith, orange peel, arabica, eucalyptus, apricot, red chilies, Mexican cigar spices, and peppercorn dust. Cinnamon-oak builds to a crescendo of resinous might in a cloud of foundry smoke. Allspice appears with oregano following hot on its trail. Spicy and precise. #oldweller #weller #oldwellerantique #oldwellerantiqueoriginal107 #oldweller107 #weller107 #bourbon #kentuckybourbon #kentuckystraightbourbonwhiskey #genuineoldlinesourmash #oldlinesourmash #buffalotracedistillery #wheatedbourbon #kybourbon #frankfurtky #buffalotrace #antiqueseries — 4 years ago

Severn, Stuart and 3 others liked this

Cloud Break Wines

Black Cloud Barrel Reserve California Red Blend 2020

Very nice bottle of wine. Smooth and flavorful. — 3 years ago

Château La Nerthe

Châteauneuf-du-Pape Red Rhone Blend 2000

The last of the 2000s. I shed a tear. — 3 years ago

Cloud Break Wines

Barrel Reserve California Chardonnay 2018

Color of bubbly light gold. Nose is a trio of roasted nuts, mineral, and ripe tropical fruits, like mangoes, and a bit oaky note. Nose is nice. Taste shows good long lasting acidity, citrusy, oak, a bit salty mineral. Quite light as the fruits notes are not pronounced. Aftertaste of good quality acidity and some more mineral. — 4 years ago

David, Mike and 2 others liked this

Donkey & Goat

New Glou Fenaughty, Girard, Testa and Cloud Vineyard Marsanne Blend

Boug Gloug if you ask me. Its tantalizing fuschia hue reels you in, before you know it you're eye to eye with an intellectual dressed in jeans and a tshirt but the more you smell the sexier she becomes...its terroir full of subtleties shines in your face, and across the palate, and hints of pepper over the raspberry, strawberry bliss makes you wonder why all wines can't be so beautifully simple and yet authentically complex. — 4 years ago

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