M. Christopher Roebuck

9.2

Opaque purple in color, Welch's grape juice, cedar, and anise on the nose. Palate is evolved and settled with muddled blue and blackberry. Definitely nods to Porto with a tawny hint. A bit hot on the alcohol (guessing 14.8 ABV). Wine is dry, medium minus acidity. Full bodied. A bit of bitterness keeps this from presenting a rounded mouth feel. Tannins non existent at this point. Good.

92 points — 8 months ago

Stephen Osgood

9.0

"tastes like Welch's grape juice" - tasting note from my Dad. not far off... dark and jammy but still dug it. Vinous winemaker of the year 2020. — 5 years ago

Dan Sav

10

Good stuff — 7 years ago

with Kyle, Brandon and 2 others

Alexia

9.4

SWEET, grapey, alcoholic welch's juice. — 9 years ago

TheSkip

10

So, I came home yesterday and there was a package at the door. I wasn't expecting anything and looked at the sender. @Martin G Rivard ! Well then! I knew santa was over, but perhaps Easter Bunny Rivard had struck?

I opened the box with haste. Surely anything from @Martin G Rivard would be of high quality. I saw a flash of orange and though, oh my! But there was only one bottle and it was oddly shaped. This must be the limited edition, double magnum of @Jason Chang's Nine Suns cuvée! I ripped open as if it were Christmas and out came Carlo Rossi.

I'd never heard of this producer but I trusted Martin. This bottle came with a very handy pour handle at the top. I was excited. Although it was only 4pm, I remembered what @Bill Bender said about 3pm so, I thought to myself, why not?

Hurriedly, I came into the kitchen and got my favorite Zalto glass, as inspired first by @Roman Sukley. I retrieved my corkscrew and opened the knife only to discover that this was a convenient screw cap! How thoughtful of Martin!

Open it went and the room filled with a lovely sweet grape must. I knew this would be special. I grabbed my winestop given to me by @Ron R and inserted to to insure there would be not a drop wasted.

Into the glass and my excitement prevented any thought of a decant.

What a wine! Those Concord grapes - what has Welch's been thinking? They've missed out on one of the finest varietals I've ever encountered. I knew I was truly lucky to try this rare wine.

But something felt...off. And I realized, I had nothing to pair with this! Thankfully there was a full 4L in this bad boy. And the screw cap allowed for prompt resealing.

Away I went in the car. What oh what to have? Aih! Exactly! @Paul T told me about the heaven of pairing McNuggets. Off to Ol' McDonalds I went.

Twenty McNuggets and sweet and sour sauce please!

I scurried to the back, and carefully withdrew my Zalto from my backpack. Opening the McNuggets, I knew this would be special. And indeed, I am with words to describe the experience. Yet, again, I knew something just wasn't right. The wine wasn't presenting itself. So I thought, how can I classy this up? And then I remembered all of @David L's posts with the classy silver wine coaster.

I had to have one. I asked the chap at the counter of McDonalds, but the response I received was less than satisfactory. I had to solve this issue myself. Thankfully , while returning to my table, I spotted a HomeGoods store immediately next door. I ran across and found a lovely silver charger.

And finally, returning to my table, I was now all smiles! More smiles than @Mike R !

What a special evening. I really wanted to end this off right. I grabbed a dozen roses and rushed home to the wife. Half a bottle Rossi still intact!

I showed her the bottle and wow! You should have see her eyes. I then suggested we retire to the bedroom and this was met with prompt approval.

And with such a great night, I wanted a lovely memento. I gently placed the bottle against her and snapped a lovely shot that is sure to be on the cover of the next issue of BBB with @Bill Bender !

Thanks for thinking of me @Martin G Rivard ! — 9 years ago

Ely Cohn

9.1

Golden nectar chenin like a blend of Mott's Apple and Welch's White Grape - thick and viscous, hits the sides of your tongue. Little nuggets of complex perfumes juxtaposed to a juicy core. Baked apples, pears, browning, spiced, spiked with lemon juice. — 3 years ago

chino

8.9

rly sweet like Welch's grape juice but at the same time not too sweet — 5 years ago

Lyndsey Wegner

9.5

Tiny bubbles dancing on my tongue for a sweet treat! Tastes like grapes...concord like when you drank Welch's Sparkling Grape Juice as a kid. Slight tart cherry keep it from being too sweet. It's really just right :) — 7 years ago

Jeff S

10

Perfection personified! Whiff of candied grape or Welch's grape juice. Smooth and legs like Rita Hayworth! — 9 years ago

Jody Scharf

9.4

Typical Spottswoode equals typically delicious. Ok young but yo I'm 58. What am I supposed to do? Wait until I'm 78 when everything tastes like Welch's grape juice and my palate is discerning not. Anywho I liked the fact that yes I decantered to speed time for four hours and what did I get for my patience? Dark red, lingering tannins, pepper, baking spices, and blackberry. — 9 years ago

Mary H

8.9

If Welch's grape juice had an alcoholic cousin — 9 years ago

Rich Reader

9.5

Celia Welch's next legend blends Sauvignon Blanc 2:1 with Sauvignon Musque. Smell it long and lovingly before devouring the dried white peach, Jasmine, and flinty oyster shell chorus. Organically grown in the Prescott-Ashe Vineyard of Oakville. Selectively harvested (8/21/2015) at 24.2 Brix, whole-cluster pressed, settling for 72 hours in new French Oak (30)% and stainless steel for fermentation, sitting sur lie for 4 months with biweekly battonage prior to bottling with acidity at pH 3.45 and ABV 14.2% in April 2016. — 10 years ago

with Guadalupe

Jody Scharf

9.0

This is a nice blend. It has everything in it but Welch's grape juice. Nice color. 72$ at the restaurant. I'm assuming 40 bucks. Great value. I'm a buyer. Delectable needs to price — 10 years ago

Ely Cohn

9.2

Idiosyncratic Chardonnay with a lineup of notes that seem bizarrely out of box but come together in a wonderful way to form something I won't forget. No playbook for Chardonnay in Beaujolais.

This is extroverted and wavers between an artificial grapiness and blossoming florals, ripe orchard, citrus, and tropical fruits. Like Welch's grape soda or purple snow cones sitting there alongside the natural forms of green melon balls, fuzzy peach, soft apricot, and ginger.

Drank over three days and stayed consistent - the strangest mix I positively loved. — 4 years ago

Ryan Kaminky

9.1

Lemon, white Welch's grape, papaya, light kiwi. — 7 years ago

Rebecca Ferguson

9.0

Like an Italian Welch's sparkling...lightly fizzy with a hint of honey. Very drinkable and delicious — 8 years ago

Shay A

8.9

Mark and I agreed to meet up at Classic this afternoon for some quick wine drinking, but it eventually turned in to a small wine gathering! Wine is great, but sharing it with others is so enjoyable.

Funny thing about this wine is we have no idea who opened it. Didn't necessarily fit the theme of what we were drinking, but turning down free wine isn't in my blood! Very simple. Not complex at all. Reminded me of Welch's grape juice, BUT, that was due to the Bordeaux's we were drinking and after some time, this became a decent, quaffable drinker. Lots of dark fruits and a ridiculous amount of Oak. — 9 years ago

with Mark

Kelsey Trast

9.0

Had it in Wine Tasting class and originally thought it smelled like Welch's, but it went over really well in the class! Lots of citrusy, bright flavor. — 9 years ago

Khalid

9.5

Deep red, Welch's grape juice, gripy and tart — 9 years ago

Nathan Tenney

9.7

Sour cherries, frozen Welch's Framboise, berry pie, pie crust, thyme, sage, this wine evolved and morphed very quickly, very complex. The wild yeast comes through on the nose. Light alcohol and light body, but still very well extracted and viscous for under 14%. — 10 years ago