A lot of lemon to go around with this one, flanked by salt rock, yellow pear, and yuzu elements, the overline flaunts a pleasant array of citrus and stone fruit flavors that also offer a sense of…
Imma make this real easy for you all and, perhaps for the first-ish time in my life, I'll cut to the chase and save you a bunch of verbal acrobatics you have to sift through for me to get to the…
Black raspberry, pomegranate, dried cranberry, plum, peonies, and some dry salami flavors emerge from Quivet's Las Madres Hulda block. With medium-bodied intensity and a smooth cadence of delivery…
If Cote Rotie and Cornas conspired to smuggle overseas and genetically modify the essences of a litter of feral vineyard puppies from Carneros whose only diets consisted of olives and flowers, you'd…
Plump, plush, round, sweet, ripe, ripe, ripe lemon curd, lemon tart, custard, buttered popcorn, and yellow cupcake batter with vanilla frosting. An obese amount of oak influence made for a super…
Honeyed yellow citrus, vanilla, meringue, yellow pear, lychee, and faint/light butterscotch notes. Medium-to-full front end and mid-palate weight, with a medium-long finish that tails off with a…
A broad and primary hit of yellow citrus and petrol on the initial pull gave way to a more relaxed profile after about two hours of air. It took every bit of that time to fan out and find some…
Lemon, quince, grilled pineapple, olive oil, mixed nuts, and some wet limestone. Slightly reductive, with the mineral notes creeping up on the back end, adding to the complexity of the core fruit.…
Inviting and agreeable, with a moderate sex appeal and soft porn-esque delivery. Overall, fairly smooth; less glycol after 2+ hours in the decanter. Notes of lemon curd, lemon verbena, vanilla, and…
Round, fairly ripe, and lemon-curd driven, pushing out hints of popcorn and vanilla as well, this Chardonnay certainly has a decent 'yum' factor going on with it. Smooth and palate-coating, with a…
Much improved from when I last had it earlier in the year. This was a PnP so it was surely much fresher and more energetic than the flattened-out boo-boo lipped version from my last note.
My previous note from the beginning of the year still applies. Buttery citrus, poached pear, honey, and subtle butterscotch. A sultry Chardonnay all the way through. A melts in your mouth kind of…
2014 base from Carneros. A simple sparkler with white stone a high toned yellow citrus. A straight pop across the palate, with a flinty, pithy finish. Much more of a simple Jack when compared to its…
A mild mannered, easy going Chardonnay that appears ready for immediate consumption. Yellow citrus core fruit, with some slight spice and minerality. A bit more of a straightforward profile when…
A bit of a "flat" meets "fat" profile this time around. This wine screamed domestic Chardonnay, with "fat," buttery flavors of lemon curd, pie crust, clarified butter, movie theater popcorn, and…
Exactly what I expect from Aubert's interpretation of the Hudson site. Flavorful and giving notes of luscious yellow citrus, lemon curd, pineapple, fresh vanilla bean, poached pear, ripe green apple,…
Notes of green apple, Asian pear, lemon verbena, tropical fruit, acacia, and some sea salt. The initial attack started out smooth and enveloping (characteristically as most rounded-out Nor-Cal…
A beautiful bottle of wine. A little more melted honey, lemon curd, and clarified butter flavors than some of the other more exacting and mineral driven Auberts (i.e.: Eastside). Slightly round on…
A smooth and somewhat simple delivery, with yellow citrus core fruit gliding nicely across the palate. The finish faded fairly fast, but the onset of the fruit mid-palate was decent. Nice, if not a…
Giving and ripe, with a tender delivery that pushes the flavors gradually across the palate. Rounded and somewhat soft notes of yellow citrus, light honey, and phyllo. A touch yeasty on the back end,…
Some simple and thin flavors of black cherry and faint earth and spice. Mid-palate was hollow, with the "attack" (of what there even was) fleetingly whipping over the palate and rushing straight into…
A very smooth and inviting style, with creamy almond and brioche notes to compliment the ripe pear and lemon curd flavors. More on the round side, with the acid and minerality in the background from…
