Seth Masterson

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Seth Masterson

9.4

2023 Les Granitiers Monterey County Chardonnay

This Chardonnay has nose! Delightful vanilla bean, white florals, and light herbals it's lightly reminiscent of Galliano.
Great acid, freshness, minerality. A real winner. Mr. Smith has done it again.

This is the best chardonnay I've had in 2024. — 8 days ago

Seth Masterson

9.3

2022 Coast Grade Vineyard
A good year for Coast Grade grapes.
The nose makes my mouth water - a sense of crunchy mineral and freshly dried raspberries and the perfect balance of new:used French oak all lead to IMO a sophisticated youthful wine.
Acids are on the light side which lets those raspberry notes and sur lie texture run down the back of your tongue gracefully. A wonderful finish with a touch of... oak bark funkiness. — a month ago

Seth Masterson

8.8

On nose alone it could be mistaken for a mid range Pinot Grigio, and similar acid and weight as well. The slight honey and wild flower tastes and finish step it up half a notch or so. — 5 days ago

Seth Masterson

9.3

So earthy! I smell red cherry tree sap or bark, candy cap mushroom.
Surprisingly austere and tannic fine tannins light in the mouth, but it's also comforting in a similar way that good scotch is comforting after it goes down. — 14 days ago

Seth Masterson

9.1

This is nice - I had it about a year ago (8.8) and now she's really coming into her own. Super-ripe almost funky 🍄 melon and mineral on the nose (more than most chards will give us). The melon carries through to the mouth with a silky malo texture that almost imparts a sense of residual sugars. It's only the finish reminds you that this ain't from one of them fancy parts of Burgundy like Cote-DU-Bone.

A good value at $25 — a month ago

Seth Masterson

9.3

Leada with Raspberry and garrigue, also light tar notes. It has a character in the mouth that to me is like a crass between a burgundy and a langhe nebbiolo- very dry fruit, light on the tongue and a good dose of very fine tannins.

Opened at a delightful lunch of ribs by Tony Allen in Rochester — 5 days ago

Seth Masterson

9.2

This is a damn fine Albarino.
Chrisp and clean, but with a perfectly soft sur lees landing to balance the tart acid on the front of the tongue.
Wow, what a finish! — a month ago

Seth Masterson

8.8

Some mineral, tart lemon. Similar to vinho Verde. For washing down salty tapas... — a month ago

Seth Masterson

8.9

This is clearly NOT macebo and chard - you're leaving out the wonderfully distinct Xarel-lo that gives it body and that almost smoked almond like bitterness.
But hell yeah I'm proud of Mexico for getting on the Cava train and making something really respectable in house.
NV but it spends 18 months 'crianza sobra lias' (on the lees;) so I'm guessing it was 2022 — a month ago