Rick Riddle

9.6

From the first breathe, this aged beauty reminds me of bananas at its peak. The banana layered cake with marzipan rushes onto the palate adding golden raisins, lemon along the journey with a lingering finish of a aciditic, slate minerality. This aged French full bodied beauty evolved when paired with a swordfish with parsley, capers, and arugula salad. A 10 year White Bourgogne at its peak!
Surprisingly Priced around $29.
96 Tipsy Grapes — 8 years ago

Carley Callis

9.4

Banana toast nose | apricot tongue — 8 years ago

Parker Campanella

9.1

Banana and piña colada — 9 years ago

Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.5

This Sauvignon Blanc spends a year in some new oak but mostly used oak and a 1/3 of it in concrete eggs. They also hold it back in bottle for another 1-1 1/2 years before they release it. On nose, great tropicals; melons, passionfruit, pineapple, banana peel, green apple, underripe Bosc pear with skin, citrus, citrus blossoms, jasmine and yellow florals. The mouthfeel is creamy & oily. It's very clean, pure, has precision and high mellow acidity. Green apple, green melon, citrus candy, peach, white peach, pineapple, guava, passion fruit, subtle light spice, delicate refined soft chalkiness with amazing body, texture and finish. Photos of their owner Ron leading the tasting. The concrete eggs used to ferment this Sauvignon Blanc. Their metal frog band adorning their grounds and those beautiful Howell Mountain vines sprung back to life. — 9 years ago

Allison Haas

8.9

Medium body, nutmeg, red berries, banana, spicy — 9 years ago

Tim

9.3

Beaujolais all day! Nose shows candied plums, overripe banana skin, dense wet soil. Loving the juiciness and roundness of candied red fruit, boysenberry, and banana all backed by relatively modest acidity and structure in the absence of tannin. Loving the elusiveness of pinning down exactly what I'm tasting here and could see this being a versatile food wine. This time we paired with Lamb and veal meatballs with homemade rigatoni and a cramp burgogne style sauce with a. Heavy dose of thyme. — 10 years ago

Magda Chiarella

9.3

Deep complex desert wine. Fantastic with biscottis. 2005 vintage: caramel and banana — 8 years ago

Ruth Kalinka

9.5

Banana strawberry! Bright, not overly acidic, nice long strawberry finish, new from 2017 harvest — 8 years ago

Jessica Thomas

9.6

Dad and Kathy gift. Delightful. Strong banana flavor. — 8 years ago

Chris England

9.2

After the fab 2012 I had to try new 2015 @ £40 w/ 95 RP & it's just slightly more refined but will develop 👍

🍇 100% Marsanne

🍷 Rich golden yellow

👃 Squished peach, pear & fine tropical fruits w/ honey mist, citrus, white flower, minerals & banana tropics

👄 Med+ buttery silky waxy but not syrupy body of sweet melon, green apple, honey, young pear, peach & burnt apricot w/ low+ acidity all super balanced

🎯 Med+ dry & sweet pear skin, green apple, peach & honey — 9 years ago

Kenta Hayashi

8.9

Beautiful minerality, whiff of banana which was surprising, then stone fruits. — 9 years ago

Atul Vashistha

9.0

A ripe banana nose followed by a nice taste of more. I do want more. — 9 years ago

Amanda Pastrana

9.1

Strawberry yogurt bubble gum banana and red liquorish on the nose. Inferior strawberry, rhubarb, and cranberries on the palate. Enjoyed this a lot - easy drinking — 10 years ago

Frank Kuo

9.2

Color of light pink wit some grapefruit note. Nose of roasted nuts, cherry jam, spice, some ripe fruit, like mango and banana, some interesting parley note, and indeed a bit flowering note. Taste is quite a surprise as flowering and honey notes dominates, drizzled with some subtle acidity, and the nuttiness takes the passenger seat. Aftertaste follows with some nutty celebrities acidly and zesty note. I am peer happy with her. — 8 years ago

Carl Fischer

8.9

I used to drink this by the barrel back in the day. Still a heavy, oaky, buttery and polarizing Cali Chardonnay. I appreciate the consistency when everyone else is going in an opposite direction with Chards. Banana baby food was how someone described it...I actually kind of liked it. And a ‘16! — 8 years ago

David Singer

Sommelier/Wine Educator LibationEducation

9.2

Black cherry, mocha, bakers chocolate, wild strawberry, new leather, supple tannin, orange pekoe and a bit of carbonic banana (open 2hrs). — 9 years ago

Ariel Jackson

9.3

Impressive body & viscosity. Rosemary, lemon peel, green banana, nice acidity — 9 years ago

Tannin Wine Bar & Kitchen KC

9.2

Huge fruit: pineapple, peach, fruit loops, honeysuckle. Ripe banana in palate with grassy, herbaceous note and a bitter hint to cut the lushness. — 9 years ago

David L

9.2

14' Sandlands Chenin Blanc Amador County. Only 5 barrels made of this .

Palate- Lemon Zest, guavas, ripe plum, banana peel, almonds . Washes clean with a healthy splash of minerality. Highly recommend!

Great waiting list to jump on. — 9 years ago

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Joe Gillies

9.7

Perfect balance between acidity, fruit and just the right amount of oak. Tropical fruit and banana aromas. Peach, pear, honeysuckle, and tropical citrus on the palate and a slightly creamy finish. — 10 years ago