Bruce Gunther

9.1

Nice wine..strong citrus, refreshing, not very sweet at all. Very smooth with hardly any acidity. Note: Our bottle is the Amarante grape.


IPS — 5 years ago

with Trish

Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.2

Four day weekend. Gotta get it off to a good start. Been awhile since we had our 375ml of Ruinart.

The nose shows, ripe, slightly candied; black cherries, strawberries, kirsch cherries, rich, summertime watermelon, touch of orange citrus family blend, pomegranate juice, hints of fruit roll up & haunting apricots. Sea fossils & spray, a little bread dough, grey volcanics, chalky powder, orange, spring flowers with fresh & withering, red & pink rose pedals.

The palate is full & touch gummy/candied. Fruits are well extracted, deep, ruby; black cherries, blackberries, strawberries, kirsch cherries, rich, summertime watermelon, touch of orange citrus family blend, pomegranate juice, hints of fruit roll up & haunting apricots. Ghostly, not quite fruit brandy or fruit liqueur character, sea fossils & spray, a little bread dough, not quite medium, white spice with hints of palate heat, grainy, grey volcanics, chalky powder, orange, spring flowers with fresh & withering, red & pink rose pedals. The acidity lively and crisp. The round, well balanced & polish finish is always consistently satisfying and lingers for minutes.

Photos of; the House of Ruinart, Dom Thierry Ruinart, nicely light caves and rolling, hillside, Grand Cru Vineyard.

Not quite sure where “D” gets $83 when you can buy this all day at just under $65. — 6 years ago

Kayla Eakin

9.5

Lots of raspberry and plum on the nose, and some leather and sage as it opens up. Nice tannin and acidity with a smooth, strawberry finish. Very good. — 7 years ago

Michael Tobin

9.3

Very smooth — 7 years ago

YG Oh

8.9

2016/10/30
27990
가죽향. 강한 피니쉬 좋은 발란스 — 9 years ago

Peter van den Besselaar

9.3

Vintage 2004 at brasserie Dock's in Anvers. Top class pinot blanc with beautiful minerals in the nose, excellent balance. #loveit to drink this! A real treat. — 10 years ago

Annitta Haywood

9.0

Favourite white in a long time. Will definitely get this again! — 10 years ago

Anthony Lombardi

9.1

2003- Don't be afraid of the vintage :) 80 Grenache knit beautifully w/ 20 Mourvedre. This was the precursor to VT's "Telegramme" bottling. Dark fruit & pronounced black pepper w/ a secondary savory/umami note. — 11 years ago

Lindsay Fry

9.6

Compliments everything it's paired with. Give it time to open up. — 12 years ago

Michael Phillips

9.3

Good body nice red fruits and herbs. — 6 years ago

Billy L.

9.1

PNP, Entry level Napa Valley Cabernet.
Cheers 🍇🍷 — 6 years ago

Penny Wild-perkowski

9.1

Fresh. Cherries? — 7 years ago

Kristen Carlson-Bye

9.6

Easy drinking red — 7 years ago

Sebastian

10

Phenomenal wine for the price. Earthy at first then flowery. The perfect wine for a special occasion. 1989 — 7 years ago

Nick Piccone

9.3

Very fruit forward, red berries, light, very easy to drink — 10 years ago

with Fred

Bob Reyers

9.5

Great white with steak — 10 years ago

Mary Shelendich

9.1

Mike really liked it — 11 years ago

Caitlin Plunkett

8.9

Nice rose — 11 years ago

Nathan Phillips

9.7

My current Trader Joe $6 favorite. Amazing for $6 and I don't care if I open it for just one glass — 12 years ago

Grant Harmsen

8.9

Needs time to open up but evidence of Arinto’s aging potential. Displaying classic notes of oxidized apples, citrus juice and preserved citrus peel. Saline on the finish. — 6 years ago

Gustavo

9.9

1985. Tomado em Campinas. Com Gustavo e Patrícia — 6 years ago

Aline Rms

9.2

This is my kind of wine! The end taste is woody and it’s perfect with meat (specially a bbq made in the wood fire). Personal note: both, I and my fiancé loved this one, what is a rare find!! — 6 years ago

Ryan Parker

10

Good body, light but deep. — 7 years ago

Ryo Hayashi

9.5

オレンジワインの中で一番好きなのが、このカリフォルニアのソーヴィニヨンブラン！ — 7 years ago

Eldon Sproule

9.5

This is quite a complex wine. Give it some time to breathe and it will reward you for that. Doesn't need any more time to age, if anything drink it soon. I didn't have another to compare it to, but it may be just past it's prime. Primary flavours: Tobacco, stewed plum, dried sour cherry. Secondaries: leather, smoke, white pepper, vanilla. Tertiaries: green capsicum, spearmint. Full body, long finish, very intense, very complex, many levels of expression.

The short answer - buy it and drink it — 9 years ago

Neil Shah

9.3

2000. Settled in a good way. — 10 years ago

MU

9.2

Very good. — 10 years ago

Michael Wangbickler CWE DipWSET

President Drink Local Wine Inc, Educator Discover Wine & Spirits Academy

9.0

#wbc14 @wptusa Nice wine. — 11 years ago

Dan Hess

9.1

French classique — 12 years ago

with Sarah

Omar Miranda

9.7

Me encanto!!! :-) — 13 years ago