Shengli Hu

9.0

Ramato orange hue
White and yellow flowers citrus peel stones medium+ body medium+ alcohol wild herbs salty and savory long savory finish low acidity toasty notes on the finish

6 day skin fermentation in concrete biodynamic — 2 years ago

Rhonely Boy

9.1

Slight haze (10 month skin contact in clay vessle, natural ferment, unfined, unfiltered, sediment in bottle) medium yellow-gold

Clean scent, very mild scent of apple cider vinegar, stones, youthful and would be interested to see where the aromas go with age. Smells like a good healthy natural wine.

Dry, medium acidity, medium tannin, medium body, medium intensity of clay and stones, light notes of dry under ripe peach.

Wine is more about texture than fruit and other characteristics. Medium finish.

Nice wine, not your typical Marsanne, look forward to future vintages. Would be interesting to see a portion of the Marsanne (or Roussanne) done in stainless (fruit retention) and blended in. Should talk with Big Basin about Roussanne - “2015 Roussanne Homestead Block is a super-expressive wine. In this vintage, most of the wine (80%) was fermented and aged in amphora, an approach that has worked beautifully here.”

TECHNICAL INFO
* Appellation: El Dorado Vineyard: Fenaughty Varietal: Marsanne Clone: Tablas Age: Planted 1990 Elevation: 2600 feet Soil: Decomposed granite w/red clay loam Harvested: September 12, 2017 Pressed: July 18, 2018 Maceration: 10 months in handmade Italian clay Fermentation: Wild yeast and bacteria Bottled: August 10, 2018 Production: 59 cases Release date: November 2018 — 6 years ago

S.S. Mandani

9.2

Plush and sharp at once, cedar, forest musk 🌳

Effervescence dancing on the tongue, juice bomb, tart wild cherry, acidity that of numbing spices, leaping tannins, slight funky melons almost overpowering on the palate. Weirdly, in a welcoming idiosyncratic way. — 3 years ago

Grady Blumenthal

9.5

This a special wine for sure. Tons of stone fruit and skin fermented! resulting in a surprising tannacity not usually found in whites. Also, unfiltered which accounts for the shocking color. Did I mention the wild yeast? Yes, there is that too. Liquid art. — 7 years ago

with Patrick

Matt

8.9

Brambly berries, leather, game, flowers, menthol, baked earth. Exhibits the wild side of Carignane yet remains balanced and elegant. — 9 years ago

TClark

9.2

One of my favorites! Discovered it in a small outdoor cafe in Central Park in NYC — 3 years ago

Ely Cohn

9.0

A suicide soda fountain mix from five lots - Marsanne , Roussanne, Vermentino, Mourvèdre, Grenache, Merlot Rose’, Syrah, and Chardonnay. And maybe more. It’s a murky glowing magenta with wild berry candy notes. Strawberry, blackberry, boysenberry - check. A little pepper kick too. Good use of the rest of the bunch from the harvest is my guess. — 4 years ago

Fred McQueary

9.0

Nice. Fresh nose. Cheery and plum with a little spice on the finish. At the Backstage Cafe and Wine Bar on Main St in downtown Branson — 9 years ago

with Terri