"Odedi"

8.9

Purple in color with medium intensity.

Fruity nose of blueberries, sweet raspberries, cherries, red plums, spices and black pepper.

Medium bodied with medium plus acidity and long legs.

Dry on the palate with cherries, raspberries, black plums, licorice, chocolates, light oak, light cloves, limes and peppercorn.

Tangy finish with soft tannins and cranberries.

This 3-year-old Zinfandel from Dry Creek Valley is starting to drink nicely, although still young.

Nicely balanced and fruit forward. Showing mild complexity with a soft mouth feel.

Easy drinking and good by itself as a sipping wine. Tangy, bright and interesting.

Would be nice to revisit it in 3 years, and see how it evolved.

I had it all by itself and paired it with a beautiful sunny day.

A blend of 90% Zinfandel, 7% Petite Sirah and 3% Carignan. Aged in (25% new) French Oak barrels for 11 months. Only 502 cases produced.

13.8% alcohol by volume.

89 points.

$45. — a year ago

Tom Casagrande

9.3

Truncated notes from a boisterous dinner with old friends.

Wow. Gorgeously floaty nose has berries and floral notes. Soft and concentrated, yet light on its feet. Impressive. — 2 years ago

Matt

9.2

Walks the line of old world and new world. Full of rich and sunny California fruit and balanced by the complex array of secondaries here. Baked pear and ripe yellow peach, canned pineapple, toasted nuts, coffee grounds, yellow flowers, brown spices, honey, cream soda. — 4 years ago

Amanda + Dallas Bossort

8.9

Soft and smooth. Crisp pear with the slightest of oak notes. Old world Chardonnay for a sunny day by the pool, mild cheeses, or white fish. Good value. — 6 years ago

Richard Poulin

8.9

Belle attaque, bof, légèrement moelleux, goûteux, noyau de pêche, miel. .

Touraine is home to some of the Loire Valley's top Sauvignon Blanc values, and this is certainly one of them. The young and passionate Vincent Roussely is the 4th generation of his family to farm vines in Touraine-Chenonceaux. The clay and limestone-flint soils are similar to those found in Sancerre and Pouilly Fume, and this specific zone is one of the best in all of Touraine for Sauvignon Blanc.

In addition, the grapes that go into their Le Clos bottling of Sauvignon Blanc come from the estate's oldest vines....we're talking 80 year old vines here folks. These deep-rooted vines yield a wine with good concentration, deep flavors, and wonderful minerality. Despite the wine's fuller-bodied character, it still retains wonderful natural acidity.

At the end of the day, this is just a wonderful bottle of wine from a fantastic family estate. It's also a great one to enjoy ice cold on a hot and sunny day or served alongside fresher and lighter spring and summer fare. Once those 96 bottles are gone, we will be waiting for the new vintage to be released.

Josh Spurling
Owner, Operator, Wine Monger
Table Wine Asheville — a year ago

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9.2

An unusual wine for Argentina, this Malbec from Luján de Cuyo spent eight-and-a-half years in old oak before it was bottled in May 2019. Dominated by the aging, it presents a nose of peat, camphor, black olive and dry flowers; fruit is very much an afterthought. Well-developed, conveying a gentle feel, a silky texture and active tannins that lightly brush the gums to augur a long life span. A sunny Burgundy made in the old style to last for a very long time. (Joaquín Hidalgo, Vinous, October 2020) — 4 years ago

George Cave

8.9

First rose, with fish on a very sunny easter weekend in bath with Amalia — 4 years ago

Martin Bergo

9.0

40 year-old vines, whole-bunches, fermented and aged in cement eggs; pale yellow medium-viscous appearance; nose of strong stony-brook minerality, quince, and orange peel; medium body and acidity, austere, but with a marsipan-spiced finish. — 2 years ago

Andrew Holod

National Sales Grapes of Spain

9.3

I was told that unlike old vintage Armagnac, which can be removed from barrel and aged in demijohns after 30 years, old Calvados must be aged in barrel for the entire time. So this 1962 was bottled in 2017, as the alcohol was ok the cusp of dropping below 40°, due to angels share and would not be allowed to be labeled as Calvados of less than 40.
Deep amber color. Very complex nose which is layered and complex. Warming and yet gentle on the palate. This is a spirit to guide you along to warm sunny pastures with scents of sweet hay, apple blossom and resinous aromatic wood. — 2 years ago

Severn Goodwin

9.0

Like an over-ripe peach, without the sloppiness which generally indicates you're eating one, slightly dry on the finish. Found this hiding in the bottom of the refrigerator... Can't believe it was still there! Nice for a sunny, mid-80's afternoon.

Relaxing while listening to the '2000 Year Old Man'; RIP Carl Reiner. — 4 years ago