Shengli Hu

Oily texture, vanilla oil - love the textural breath here!! hints of grass, ginger, dried apricot, orange blossom, orange oil. Sourced from oak knoll and Carneros. 100% Viognier. Aged 5 months in 100% neutral french oak. Medium minus/medium acidity. A typical expression of Califonrin$40 — 4 days ago

Shengli Hu

Out of all Schramsberg sparklers only 5% were hand riddled (not this wine), the rest 95% were gyro'd. 86% Pinot Noir, 14% Chardonnay. 12.8% abv. Yellow delicious apple, Brioche, yeast. On lees for 2-3 years. Base wines from 2018. Brut. — 4 days ago

Shengli Hu

54% Merlot, 6% Petit S. Pencil shaving, tobacco, cassis, plum, mint, and chalk High acidity, high levels of tannins felt mostly at the gum & cheek. Medium+ finish. Optical sorting was particularly important in the rainy 2017, during which grapes were picked between Oct 4-8 (cf. 2018 picking date Oct 18-23). — 4 days ago

Shengli Hu

8 years on lees. 90/10 PN/Chardonnay. Yellow apple orange peel ginger very creamy. Burnt toast, Brioche. Minerality. Medium - acid medium+ finish on citrus. — 4 days ago

Shengli Hu

20 hours of skin contact. 60% Pinot Noir 40% Chardonnay. White peach, white cherry. Medium minus acidity. — 4 days ago

Shengli Hu

Moone Tsai Black List XXVI Vintage 2018. Fruit sourced from Pritchard Hill/Younthill/Stags Leap. Medium+/High integrated acidity, gummy velvety and fine-grained smooth tannins. Pure black fruits, black pepper, eucalyptus, cigar box, allspice, stalky/stemmy characters. Opened with whiffs of reduction (gun flint). Moone Tsai uses ~7 different coopers... — 4 days ago

Shengli Hu

12 hours skin contact. Made only for charity just here (cellar) for a month. Tart red apricot not a lot of yeastiness. Low acidity 70/30 Chard/PN. Hand riddled. Finishes with hints of yeastiness. — 4 days ago

Shengli Hu

Granny smith apples, wet stones, elevated acidity, flinty characters, less of any Brioche if any. — 4 days ago

Shengli Hu

sourced from southeast corner of oak knoll protected by two mountain ranges (Atlas Peak & ??). Blackberry, cassis, red and dark cherry, stemmy characters, allspice, black pepper, overall more angular than Howell Mountain Hillside Blend. Chalky tannins around gum. — 4 days ago

Shengli Hu

Fruit from Petaluma Gap that gets short spurts of heat. Usually pick 2 weeks after Carneros. 777 clone. 10% whole cluster. Spearmint, allspice, cola nuts, red and dark cherries. Finishes long. 60% new French oak with medium/medium+ toast. — a month ago