Chris Shultz

9.2

Spätlese. Crushed slate. It almost rumbles over the tongue and through the mouth. Nice mild citrus: mandarin, lime. Some ripe juicy apple. Swimming pool plastic and patrol. Lychee and vanilla and tapioca pudding. Ooh this shit is good. Fleet footed. I could polish off this bottle in an hour if I were thirsty. — 6 years ago

Rob Brobst III

9.3

Nice wine. It came to the party wearing a backpack, glasses and a hat with a mosquito net. — 8 years ago

with Jade and Paul

Meyer Family Vineyards

10

New release Riesling from Fleet Rd in Naramata, this wine went through an indigenous fermentation, citrus, mineral driven on both the nose & palate. Just awarded BRONZE at NWAC2017! — 8 years ago

Mark Smith

9.2

Awesome! A real surprise. — 9 years ago

Dave Harris

10

Miller Lite. At the Fleet Center. — 10 years ago

with Nick

Jonathan Patch

9.3

Perfect camping wine. Pairs perfectly with forests, hoodies, and mild mosquito paranoia. — 10 years ago

with D.C.

Martin Sher

9.2

So very light for a California Zinfandel. The nose is deceiving but palate is varietally true except for the weight - fleet-footed mouthfeel like a Pinot noir. — 6 years ago

Connor Smith

9.2

Sanlúcar de Barrameda was the port that Christopher Columbus set off from in 1492. Just 1 year earlier, duties on wine exports from Sanlúcar had been abolished to take advantage of English merchants desperate for new supply after the loss of Bordeaux.

It began a centuries-long romance between Sherry and English wine lovers, as immortalized in Shakespeare's Henry IV Part 2, when Falstaff glorifies sturdy Spanish 'sack' over thin Bordeaux 'claret' and Rhine 'hock'.

But the honeymoon, quite literally, was not to last. Henry VIII's divorce from Catherine of Aragon drove a wedge between England and Catholic Europe, and left English wine lovers in need of a new source once again. But Sherry fanatics wouldn't have to go entirely without. When Sir Francis Drake sailed into Cádiz and burned the Spanish fleet in 1587, he carried away 2,900 butts of Sherry - enough to supply London for years - as his most famous prize.

(This is adapted from notes for Le Dû’s Wines ‘History of Wine 1453AD-Present’ seminar, where this wine was poured) — 6 years ago

Scott Rowe

8.9

An awesome wine from Mt Jagged on the Fleurieu. Texture, acid and structure. — 8 years ago

Chris Wurth

9.4

I love this wine. The taste is very unique and quite enjoyable. Taste like a mosquito. I just wish I could find more of it. Will definitely buy again. — 8 years ago

David Koenen

9.0

Great balance. Clean, refreshing, fleet-flooded, yet quite a serious glass. Cherry, mint, some underbrush, laurel. Delicate, with really good tension and focus. A treat. — 9 years ago

Tyler Durham

9.1

These folks do great wine reliably across their fleet. This didn't disappoint with a bit more zest and punch than the other estates I've had from this winery and wished the bottle was endless. — 10 years ago

with Anne

Scott Rowe

8.9

Standout of the 4 on flight.
#pinotpalooza #adelaide — 10 years ago

Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.2

It’s Labor Day Weekends and all we’ve done is Labor. However, it’s all good now.
Cheers! 🥂

All previous notes apply.

@Paul T- Huntington Beach Ruinart Rosé cures all earthly mosquito bites! 🦟 — 6 years ago

Jo Anne B

9.6

2008. Medium clarity. Needs a good decent. Been holding onto these bottles for a while- three more to go! Compliments 8 different cheeses and the Fleet Week air show. Also, Kim Stanbro’s company makes everything smell, look, and taste better. She rocks so damn hard. — 7 years ago

with Amy, Dave and 2 others

Gary Westby

Champagne & Sherry buyer K&L Wines

9.5

Local mosquito bites call for a local cure. — 8 years ago

Kim Stanbro

8.9

Sweeter than expected. Cut through sriracha crackers with spicy guacamole. Beautiful deck night with neighbors and family while the Blue Angels fly over for fleet week. #charmcitycharmedlife — 9 years ago

with Amy and Dave

AJ McGuire

8.9

Had with a wine fleet, need to revisit. — 10 years ago

Stephen Becker

9.3

The Jurassic Park mosquito in Amber, except the mosquito is made from tree-flavoured pop-rocks and the Amber is killer-bee honey; bubbles feel like the background radiation from the Big Bang. — 10 years ago

Francis Huicq

9.6

100% Chardonnay, 10% fermented in large Slavonian oak barrels. The star of the show tonight. Always difficult to compare anything against a fleet of Champagnes but honestly this is top class, high ranked up in the Sparkling hierarchy. Precision, detail, concentrated but also restrained at the same time. Warm brioche, almonds melt deliciously with notes of preserved/candied fruits. Liquid Panettone, this is a real stunner! — 10 years ago