Severn Goodwin

9.5

Dinner with friends tonight, light notes if any.

This bottle is so over the top, and we love it, not even a 1er Cru! Prior notes apply:

Nose is the epitome of pineapple core with buttered popcorn and white flowers sneaking around.

Palate exudes tropical fruits, pineapple, papaya, lychee, light mango...All with low acidity making this so ridiculously enjoyable. — 6 years ago

Severn Goodwin

9.2

Nose of under-ripe peach, mango, green melon and recently cut hay.
Palate is just elegant, great balanced acid, light citrus, peach/mango/papaya purée, watermelon rind and light minerality.
For only $19, I'm still not sure why we only bought four bottles, this should have been case quantities as a minimum. — 7 years ago

Jason Brater

8.9

Peachy pink color. Tastes of Kiwi, lime, and strawberry. Maybe guava or papaya. A touch of cranberry. Nice small bubbles. — 7 years ago

with Heather

Justin

9.0

Beautiful orange in color. Great balance between acid and tannin. Very dry. Funk like hard farmhouses cider or kambucha. Muted tropical fruit fruit (Guava? Papaya?). Delicious and interesting. — 7 years ago

with Erin

John Malcolm

9.4

A beautiful dessert wine. Apricot, honeysuckle, mango, and papaya. Intense, lingering finish. Outstanding. — 8 years ago

William Hughes

9.1

The acidity should give this wine a number of years in the cellar. Tangerine and papaya shine through. — 9 years ago

Daron Watson

9.1

pretty flamboyant nose and entry w loads of fruit (cantaloupe, papaya, guava, peach & apricot) yet finishes dry w chalk, minerality & pepper — 9 years ago

Mark Maruszak

8.9

Very interesting Sauvignon blanc. Tons of ripe tropical fruit: melon, papaya, mango, but holy 125% new oak. One swirl and the entire oak aroma/palate wheel comes rolling out. Rich and viscous with the acidity held down. Sell this as Chardonnay not Sauvignon blanc. — 10 years ago

Narun P

9.2

Lychee, papaya, ripe mango, high acidity complements well the sweetness. Love it! — 10 years ago

Matté

Manager The Wine Cellars

8.9

Classic Prüm closed nose of wet wool mixed with tropical fruit. Plenty of wet match stick sulphur, always reminds me of a swirling mix of sweet papaya and shandy bass but with plenty of clear complexity to come. In the mouth it's fairly foursquare at the mo but has plenty of promise, well defined apple & lime fruit but really needs another 5-10 years in the cellar to shine — 11 years ago

Kimberly Anderson

8.9

Not usually a Riesling drinker, but since it was on the dry side, we gave it a try. The nose was unlike anything I’ve ever smelled. Unripe papaya, lemon pith and citrus. Almond, honey and gravel. Crisp finish. Not as light as a sauv blanc and held it’s own with middle eastern food — 6 years ago

Marek Svanda

8.9

Melon. Papaya. Fruity. Malolactic. Nice — 7 years ago

Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.5

I generally try to keep politics or sorrow events off this platform. However, this morning we watched the McCain funeral and were genuinely moved. We should all hope for such a beautiful funeral.

Today, John McCain brought the world one final parting gift. A message of; peace, unity, love, respect and hope for our country. Let’s hope people listen and try to live their lives with a little more of each.

Today, a country grieves the loss of a great American and celebrates the life of a true American hero. We will miss you and your voice in our country’s discourse. Cheers & R.I.P John. You have certainly earned it.

I can’t think of many better bottles than to celebrate his life and his service commit to our country!

Disgorged in Autumn of 2014. 57 wines with the oldest from 2000 to 2008.

On the nose, blood orange, white citrus, orange peel, dry apricot, Mexican papaya, spice, sea spray, sea shells, gray volcanic minerals with grit, citrus blossoms and spring flowers with orange Gerber Daisies.

The body is full, rich and lush. Micro oxygenation, blood orange, tangerine, white citrus, orange peel, dry apricot, yellow peach, Mexican papaya, baguette crust, spice with palate heat, sea spray, sea shells, gritty gray volcanic minerals with citrus blossoms and spring flowers with orange gerber Gaisies. The acidity is perfect. The finish is beautifully long, rich, lush, elegant and goes on and on.

From 375ml. — 7 years ago

Scott Taddeo

9.1

Good wine to be had hear. Honeysuckle, papaya, peach, apricot & faint leesy note. Medium acidity with a glycerol laden finish. Tasty. — 7 years ago

Michael Mallon

8.9

Apple, racing minerality. Followed by peach and papaya notes. Ends with long meyer lemon finish. Bravo. — 8 years ago

Austin Blackwell

9.0

Nice balance of tropical fruits, nuttiness, and floral aromas. Papaya, Mango, and some apple on the fruit profile with a nice creamy texture with low to medium acidity and some nice almond accents with a touch of butteriness. A little spice on the finish with the toasted oak. It had a slight floral aroma the first time I tasted it of acacia but not at much this time. — 9 years ago

with Effie

Kristen Schott

9.6

Oh my goodness. This Sauvignon blanc is everything. Intensely tropical---guava, papaya---and sharp yet creamy. — 9 years ago

KW

8.9

Nice Cali Chard with Daniel.
Apricot, honey, liquorice, almonds, oak, cress and a light Brett. Nice acidity with balanced oak. First impression is a bit mean but gets better with time. Cassis & bread, overripe lemon palate which made me think of SB. Rose apple, papaya seeds and overripe lemon aftertaste.
Had the last glass after dinner: now strong buttery popcorn nose. — 10 years ago

Heather Lane

9.0

Papaya, cheese rind, marshmallow... — 10 years ago

Matthew Horbund

9.1

You were crisp tropical mango, papaya, and pineapple mixed with baked apple. You had Medium+ acidity, with a smokey minerality that shows off your French oak influence. Your finish was nice, and you'll go nicely with my grilled snapper for dinner. Grgich Hills Estate Chardonnay 2010 - Napa Valley. 40% new French oak, no malo. — 11 years ago

Chip Hughes

9.2

2017. Classic Verdigny: not as elegant and austere as Bué, but still quite chiseled and fine, with more papaya/mango fruitiness. Razor-sharp acids and old vine intensity and length. Daulny may not be an unsung star of Sancerre much longer... — 6 years ago

Dr. Owen Bargreen

9.2

Sourced from the esteemed Seven Hills Vineyard in the Walla Walla Valley, this Viognier opens with a ripe bouquet of white peach, vanilla cream and suggestions of honey and apricot. The palate shows notable viscosity and tension, with nectarine, Pink Lady apple, green papaya and honeydew melon flavors all buiding up to the finish. Drink 2019-2025- 92 — 6 years ago

Severn Goodwin

9.4

On the Lawn at Tanglewood this evening with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Our full cast of conductors include Andris Nelsons, Christoph Eschenbach, Keith Lockhart, Michael Tilson Thomas and John Williams. The beautiful and vocally talented Audra McDonald is our host for the evening along with Midori on violin and Yo-Yo Ma on cello.

This will likely be an evening to remember for some time. Program notes from the BSO "Reflecting the season-long theme, The Bernstein Centennial Celebration at Tanglewood will spotlight Bernstein's wide-ranging talents as a composer, his many gifts as a great interpreter and champion of other composers, and his role as an inspirer of a new generation of musicians and music lovers across the country and around the globe. The gala concert will feature a kaleidoscopic array of artists and ensembles from the worlds of classical music, film, and Broadway. The entire first half of the program is dedicated to selections from such brilliant Bernstein works as Candide, West Side Story, Mass, and Serenade. Music from the classical canon very dear to Bernstein's heart-selections from Mahler's Des Knaben Wunderhorn and music by Copland-plus a new work by John Williams, makes up a good portion of the program's second half; the finale of Mahler's Resurrection Symphony brings the program to a dramatic close."

We're revisiting some producer bottles from our late Spring France vacation earlier this year.

Nose of under-ripe tropical fruits, banana skin, light oak touch. Palate has yummy papaya, under-ripe peach, tangerine and sweet oak.

Photos of the Jadot (Update, Bouchard!) Chateau with its beautiful colored slate roof (to the left of the chateau its the conservatory where we had an epic lunch during our visit and they used to overwinter their citrus trees in here many, many years ago), pictures of the first room of the most amazing library cellar in all of Burgundy (the subsequent rooms are even more amazing) and our bottle of the evening.

24hr Update, sweet oak and fermented tropical fruits just stunning today, last bottle. ☹️

OMG Update: somehow I grabbed pics from our Bouchard visit, argh! The only Jadot thing in the collage is the bottle, so sorry! — 7 years ago

James Forsyth

9.2

Rich and viscous, papaya and petrol. — 7 years ago

Neil Valenzuela

9.1

Clear and crisp, melon and papaya in a delicious dry finish. — 8 years ago

Brian S

8.9

Lemon chiffon, key lime, vanilla, hint of papaya. — 9 years ago

Danielle DiDuro

Marketing, Red Tail Ridge Winery

9.0

Super vibrant. Fresh cut grass, mineral notes, papaya, lemon. On the palate: Zingy citrus, slight smokiness and fruit bitters. A bit of heat but nice acidity. — 9 years ago

Jorge Garcia

9.1

Lychee, Papaya, and pie on the front end!! — 10 years ago

Jeroen Koenen

9.3

Such a luxurious wine, really one-of-a-kind..
Honey glazed pastry, deep tropical nuances, vanillapods, camphor, Grand Marnier, apricot and papaya. Surprisingly soft, suave and sensual. Low in acidity yet very persistent, well-balanced and complex. Unctuous, fatty and delicious, kinda like a juicy lobster. Get it? — 10 years ago

Tim Duarte

9.0

Prefer the balance in aromatics in this wine over something from NZ. Nice on palate. Papaya, bannana. Moderate acidity. — 12 years ago