The Quarry

The Terraces at Quarry Vineyards

Napa Valley Zinfandel 2022

This wine is smooth with a hint of spice. You’ll think The Terraces are leading you straight to heaven. — 22 days ago

Ellyn Marder
with Ellyn

Gustave Lorentz

Vieilles Vignes Altenberg de Bergheim Alsace Grand Cru Riesling 2015

Fresh and bright nose. Loads of petrolly minerality. So mineral. Some deep apple-skin fruit. Challengingly dry in the mouth. Liquid stones. A quarry full. A geologist’s dream. — 2 years ago

Angelo Casagrande
with Angelo
Angelo, Andrew and 14 others liked this

Jean-Paul & Benoît Droin

Chablis Chardonnay 2015

I’ve gone spelunking in a mineral quarry; it’s huge, bold and beautiful. Definitely more masculine. The tingling acidity keeps it fresh. Lemons and orange peel dominate the palate. The chalky finish keeps going and going. — 3 years ago

Bandini Villa Pomona

Chianti Classico DOCG Sangiovese 2020

A unique style of CC with minerality leading throughout. There’s pure, intense cherry fruit on the nose, but it takes a back seat to the quarry activity. Same thing goes for the palate. Very intense minerality. Structurally there is quite a bit of soft, chalky tannin and decent acids. The finish ends minerally and with a slight bitter note. Very good, but not the most elegant rendition. Maybe give it a year or two more to come together. — 9 months ago

web, Andrew and 11 others liked this

Martin Müller

Trarbacher Hühnerberg Trocken Spätlese Mosel Riesling 2020

Lyle Fass
9.5

Huge and expansive nose. Ripe apricot and peach and very confectionary. Grapefruit, citrus, tangerine, tangelo and so much more. An amalgam of stunning fruit on a mineral background. Hugely expressive minerality and just a stunningly mineral nose. Smells like a rock quarry. Awesome. The nose is so deep. Kaleidoscopic and fractal like. Palate is young and tangy with enormous structure but it’s delicate and a little bit hidden. Not that integrated at all but all the parts are there. Incredible fruit sapidity on the finish. Huge mineral/citrus inner mouth aromas. Juicy and mineral but man is this backwards. The finish is super long and the wine is crazy concentrated but massively backwards. I’ll be back. — 2 years ago

Erik, Ely and 5 others liked this

Château de l'Etoile

Côtes du Jura Trousseau 2014

Similar notes to prior bottle opened about one year earlier, but this is showing as fresher and more lively, Yum!

Nose has maraschino cherry, white pepper, dry leather, dried red raspberry, distant barnyard, dried orange peel, granite quarry and dry earth.

Palate has dried cherry, dried raspberry, white chocolate, sweet red pepper, black cherry, old leather with medium acidity. This bottle is showing decent tannins, 3H decant. Enjoy 2022-24, in proper storage.

Our second successful preparation of this dish tonight; chicken, apples and cremé à la normande (cream, onion, mushroom & calvados), Jura looks to accompany cremé & calvados just fine.
— 4 years ago

Paul, Brian and 30 others liked this
Peter van den Besselaar

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Nice pairing of red wine with this dish 👍

Tawse

Quarry Road Vineyard Vinemount Ridge Riesling 2021

Pale lemon color.
Aromas of honeydew, honeysuckle, mineral.
Off-dry. Flavors of baked apple, bruised apple, lime, mineral.

Intensity: 5/5
Complexity: 2/5
Balance: 4/5
Finish: 4/5
— a year ago

The Terraces at Quarry Vineyards

Rutherford Cabernet Franc 2014

6/23 2014 had that nice fruit forward cherry profile. Very solid 89 — a year ago

Domaine Chavy-Chouet

Les Casses-Têtes Meursault Chardonnay 2017

Lyle Fass
9.5

Wonderful nose of spicey oak and intense minerality. Saline. Rock quarry vibes. Lemon pith lemon flesh with hints of sugar. So complex and appealing. Hint of butter and loads of salinity. Nose is just a wonderful perfume. 9.6 nose. Showing so well. Palate is juicy and tensile with a killer rich texture and ample freshness. Chewy and rocky with great finesse and some green apple fruit. Lacey, juicy and slippery. Amazing purity and balance here and almost finished with some dry tannins. Just awesome. Like a white burgundy liquid drop amuse bouche. — 3 years ago

Severn, Andrew and 8 others liked this

Andreas Laible

Durbacher Plauelrain Klingelberger Trocken Riesling 2018

Lyle Fass
9.7

A genius Klingelberger. What a nose. So floral. Flower shop levels. Little shop of insane dry Riesling. Gorgeous Mosel like fruit. Smells ripe and sweet but also bone dry. Green apples. Pear. Apricot. So vivid and detailed. Just wonderful. Lime blossom, sweet lime. Endless aromas. Fresh field level 10. But also rock quarry. Staggering young Klingelberger aromas. Palate is epic like a Norwegian Viking documentary epic. Dense, structured, deep man is this deep with just stunning purity and freshness. So vivid and so detailed. This is god level balance. So long. Never ends. The purity of this wine is just incredible. Amazing finesse and elegance and screamingly mineral and very very complex on the finish. This is a staggering young Klingelberger. 9.7. Yup. Just genius. Amazing concentration and depth. Really I can’t get over how good this is. — 5 years ago

Matthew Cohen
with Matthew
Severn, Erik and 6 others liked this
Severn Goodwin

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Oh right up your alley... I know your dying to import wine from the country of Oregon.
Lyle Fass

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@Severn Goodwin funny you say that! Stay tuned!
Severn Goodwin

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On the edge of my chair!