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Santa Maria Valley Melon de Bourgogne 2023

Crushed oyster shells, ocean water, crisp acidity. Clean. — 9 days ago

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Drew Family Cellars

Perli Vineyard Syrah 2013

dark purple; blueberry, black plum, white pepper, black olive, hint of smoke; medium body, medium+ acidity, grippy tannin, 13.8% ABV; made from Syrah sourced from remote high altitude vineyard in Mendocino County 3.3 miles from the ocean and cofermented with 5% Viognier, 50% whole clusters used, aged 14 months in neutral French Oak puncheons; $48 — 2 years ago

Bob, Josh and 1 other liked this

Lagar de Fornelos

Lagar de Cervera Rías Baixas Albariño 2020

Grapefruit and peaches and ocean. — 2 years ago

Jamie, Peter and 4 others liked this

Valdespino

Manzanilla Deliciosa En Rama Saca de Primavera Palomino Fino 2015

Atlantic Ocean, lite...Notes tomorrow?

192H Update:
Nose has fully saturated oak plank, moist almonds, incredible sweet & saline notes, fermenting green apples, white chocolate bar, white candle wax and fresh yellow apple slice. Palate has almond broth (does that exist?), dried yellow apple, chamomile tea, moist bread, faint green olive (?) with mild saline finish, faint acidity. Damn I do not drink enough Manzanilla!
— 3 years ago

Andrew, Paul and 27 others liked this
Daniel Bloom

Daniel Bloom

@Severn Goodwin Love Valdespino.🔥I recall lots of saline and wood. Very precise.
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@Andrew Schirmer @Peter Sultan @Daniel Bloom WTH, I still have half a bottle after over a week, so notes now! Singing loudly tonight!
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Sing it proud, man @Severn Goodwin !

Alberto Nanclares

Rías Baixas Albariño

Nose - gardenia, chamomile, ocean and clay pot. Appearance - Super duper clean. Beautiful light straw color. Main tasting notes - tart lemon all day with a little bit of grapefruit. Pretty acidic with a longer acid finish but the acid works well with the lemon flavor. Really nice with a spicy summer chicken dish. Not always a fan of acidic whites but this hits the spot. — 4 months ago

Massican

Napa Valley Sauvignon Blanc 2021

Meyer lemon, herb garden, crushed shells, ocean water. — 2 years ago

marcelo, Ira and 7 others liked this

Envinate

Táganan Parcela Margalagua Red Blend 2020

Blend of Listan Negro and Negramoll, with about 10% of Listan Blanco (white variety) from the stunning Margalagua parcel, perched above the Atlantic Ocean in the area of Taganana, in northeastern Tenerife. Fermented in open top vats and aged in neutral oak for a year. Delicate, ethereal. Smoke and citrus notes. Some spices. Volcanic funk. Light on the palate. Really elegant — 3 years ago

Vincent Dauvissat

Les Clos Chablis Grand Cru Chardonnay 2007

In such an amazing place. A perfect bottle. There is youthful power and verve and an incredible depth and seamlessness of vibrant fruit layered with minerality, pastry cream, roasted hazelnuts and an ocean spray-like salinity. It’s texturally captivating, wrapping around the palate with killer density without weight. Racy acids balance its richness and secondary nuttiness and it finishes forever. White burg at its finest. — a year ago

Tom, Jan and 9 others liked this

Domaine de la Côte

Bloom's Field Sta. Rita Hills Pinot Noir 2017

Nose shows greenness/stems, smoke, strawberries. Lightly crunchy, medium+ acid; some ocean spray cranberry juice here. Texture is where this shines with a rich creaminess that ends with medium+ acid. Great food wine. — 3 years ago

Eric, Ira and 7 others liked this