Nose of oyster mushroom, water chestnut, and white peach. At PnP tastes of herbal green notes, but opened over time into unctuous deliciousness. Tastes of red grapefruit, toasted coconut, butterscotch candy. Absolutely layered complexity. Even greater on day 2. — 10 months ago
Loved this wine! Lightly funky and I enjoyed at room temp more than chilled! — 7 months ago
Limestone soil, huge diurnal shifts accelerated by wind. De Wetshof pioneered the first unoaked Chardonnay in the region. Sea salt, oyster, saline, fresh lemon, lemon zest, white peach, white pear, green apple, sour cream from malo, reductive, high dry extract with no oak. Gravelly on the palate. Racy acidity, medium body, medium plus finish, 13% abv. — 2 years ago
Tart, delicious, and a little bit funky. Dry and mouth-watering. Cranberry, rhubarb, and pomegranate notes are all super bright, and crisp. Cherry Juicy Juice. Potpourri of dried rose and violet petals. Crunchy green bell pepper. A bit of tar and leather earthiness with a tiny hint of barnyard. Tangy acidity with crushed seashell minerality and a lively spritz. Great with oysters. — 9 months ago
Date drank: November 2019
Year: 2017
Producer: Oyster River Winegrowers
Grape(s): unknown
Region: Maine/East Coast
Purchased from: Producer
Distributor/Importer: NA
Natty: yes! No to low sulfites, native yeasts, no interventions. Unfiltered
Notes: Solid table wine, would go great with pizza. Lots of fruit and bright notes, but heft and body as well to stand up to bigger dishes. Grapey american wine taste. — a year ago
Hands down, one of the funnest wines to find me during quarantine: a champagne-style sparkler made from Albariño grapes grown in the Sacramento River Delta. This zany experiment has become the flagship wine from young husband and wife team (combining knowledge from the cellars of Schramsburg and the branding powerhouse of Vintage Wine Estates and Naked Wines). Fresh fruit abounds: ripe pear, nectarine, green apple, a hint of oyster shell (tank fermentation followed by short bottle fermentation preserves fruit and reduces secondary autolytic characteristics). Bottled only a few months ago, so bubbles were extra excited and poppy. Same, Carboniste, same... — 2 years ago
Maggie
Slightly tart/citrusy and yeasty — 4 months ago