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Ashes & Diamonds Winery
Rouge No 3 Napa Valley Red Blend
What a pretty wine. A rather interesting multi vintage red blend from Napa Valley but made more in the old school style. Ruby red core with violet edges. A bright, floral nose begins to unfurl with summer flowers and fresh blackberries. There’s a nice element of cocoa and vanilla as well, along with dried herbs. As it warms in the glass, spice begins to assume a starring role.
Mostly Cabernet Franc to go with Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. This isn’t a typical ultra ripe, big and bold Napa red blend designed to appease the masses. Though it may do just that because it is so very inviting and pleasing. Smooth tannins and easy going although this is serious stuff. The palate follows the nose closely with lovely red fruit and lively dark fruit. A bit of greenery and a bit more spice. Fun, fun stuff and highly recommended.
— 2 years ago
Ashes & Diamonds Winery
Blanc No 1
230906 tasting en AyD.un blanco con cuerpo, crispy pero muy balanceado , — 8 months ago
Weingut Glatzer
Grüner Veltliner 2019
A great wine. Food yeah! On its own during a sunny Friday afternoon, yep! It's gently sweet but you won't feel like you're having candy. It's enough that makes it slightly heavy on the tongue and easily enjoyable. If you like Riesling this is fantastic! Go Austria!
Color: Pale light yellow like those office sticky note rip offs. But this pale color signals refreshing like a light wine diamonds, not cheap office supplies.
Aroma: It smells juicy, fresh fruit sweet like a Riesling. It smells like peach, apricot, honey lemonade but not too sweet. Like a refreshing cooler that you would have on the beach. Just enough sweetness to counter a tan but not anywhere near enough you'll be attracting bees or feel like a kid in the candy shop. It smells delicious!
Taste: It tastes like a lighter Riesling. It had some sweetness and weight that clings to the tongue. So I would say its light to medium body. It has a honey lemon and peach taste like when you smell. Yep just enough sweetness to fein off the tang or alcoholic taste but definitely not a sweet wine. — 2 years ago
Ashes & Diamonds Winery
No 2 Rancho Pequeno Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 2016
Probably the platonic ideal of an old school napa cab — 8 months ago
Domaine François Carillon
Les Macherelles Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Chardonnay 2019
Young, but accessible. Gun flint nose is instantly seductive descending like smoke onto brioche and twists of impossibly minute lemon peel, lime and tangerine piths, underripe pineapple freshness, Marcona almond, toasted sesame, chalky chunks have absorbed the smoke, and fallen citrus celebrates its rebirth. Lemon pith that oozes lemon skin oils like dewdrop diamonds. Incredible minerality that crystallizes into spines of grapefruit, dandelion, dried gooseberry, and marigold. Shiny, bright, crystal clean, and revelatory. Amazing compilation of parts that remains suspended like a chandelier in ethereal weightlessness.
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Vanessa
In the glass, this wine is medium ruby with medium (+) intensity of ripe red and black fruit aromas including black and red cherry, wild strawberry, red plum, black raspberry, blackberry bramble, pomegranate, also rose, delicate green bell pepper, fennel, crushed gravel, vanilla, nutmeg, cardamom, clove, and sweet tobacco.
On the palate, this wine is dry with medium (+) acidity, a medium body, medium alcohol (13% ABV), medium tannins that are fine-grained and well-integrated, medium (+) intensity of flavors consistent with the nose and a medium (+) finish.
This wine is very good. It shows impeccable balance, complexity, and intensity. We’re loving every sip of it. Thank you, Greg, for sharing this beautiful bottle with us. — 7 months ago