Kenta Hayashi

9.0

Dried figs, persimmon, orchids, envelopes by a basket of ripe fruits, hints of mint. Not the usual Meursault style I have been recently drinking. Another surprise! — 8 years ago

C Burwell

9.0

persimmon party w my love. she says sweet and smokey — 8 years ago

David Shaw

9.0

Moderate purple red in color. Persimmon and tea notes in nose. Light body. Tea, cherry, dried persimmon notes in mouth. Some skin astringency. Coffee bitterness finish. Nice accessible PNW red — 8 years ago

David Kline

9.6

Dried persimmon, dark rolls, browned butter, pepitas, white pepper, dried pineapple, tangerine, dried lemon peel aromas waft pungent from the antique golden nectar. Tangerine and itspith, Meyer lemon peel, baked apple, pineapple in lemon oil, lime zest and a touch of biscuit on a clean, if ridiculously complex finish boasting oceanic notes of brine and shell. #Champagne #bubbles #champagneandcaviar #champagnedreams #nationalcaviarday #moutard #6cepages #luxury #champagnetoujours — 8 years ago

with Courtney

Matt Perlman

8.9

Smoke, menthol, mesquite wood and persimmon nose, quite distinctive. Spicy purple and black fruit, pepper, herbs, smoke, chewy tannins on the back palate. A lot more finesse than I was expecting; still would benefit from a hearty meal. — 10 years ago

Michael Washabaugh

9.3

Paired with turbo and goose jus. Persimmon and beet purée garnish. — 10 years ago

Marlon Hodges

9.3

Marlon had this 10 years ago

Matté

Manager The Wine Cellars

9.2

Blanco 2012
Great nose of ripe pears, touch of peach with light coconut, persimmon and smokey almond, snow melt mineral touch. Good palate weight with ripe pear, peach and sweet apple, very drinkable stuff. — 10 years ago

David Kline

9.1

Golden watermelon and creamy grape nose with kiwi notes and starfruit. Super bretty cedar and spice box with orange peel, lime and sour nectarines. Light And refreshing with a real stick and bark ending. — 11 years ago

with Courtney

Sergio Licea

9.5

Persimmon, white peach, hazelnut, rich wax texture, lime zest finish. Slight effervescence, medium bodied, lively acid. — 11 years ago

Alex Hill

9.5

Hate to love this wine in spite of the maker's personal shortcomings, but gotta give credit where it's due. Tremendous complexity in aroma, flavor, and texture showing bright quince and persimmon along with hazelnut and oxidative notes. Solid acidity and waxy texture. — 11 years ago

Ceccherini Cristiano

9.4

Wow
So much going on
Multilayered
From dried fruit to peanut butter
Banana cake and star anise
Hazelnut spread and basil
White liquorice
Persimmon
Minerality
Personality
It could remind of an old semillon or Sancerre — 8 years ago

Amer S. Ahmed

9.1

Beautiful and rich, with aromas of orange peel, stoniness, chamomile, following through with persimmon and honeydew- balanced by scintillating acid and resin — 8 years ago

David Kline

9.4

Light Sumatra coffee notes, with dark cocoa nib and baked red plum with a borderline persimmon coat on. A drop of night blooming jasmine surfacing briefly and African violet, and a fat lily thickness. There are baked cherries and a smoky paprika, too. Black cherry, that coils dustily into a toasty oak and resin dappled raspberry and roobios bitterness and fine grained tannins. #brunello #poggiocastellare #PianBossolino #italianwines #montalchino #Tuscany #riserva #wineallyouwant — 8 years ago

with Courtney

Jim Anderson

9.8

Wowza! Something for everyone here! Deep fruit, with elegance and balence. Profound flavors of wild raspberry, ripe red and gold cherries, pomagranate, blood orange, persimmon, bosenberry, clove. A stunning wine now, but will reward those with patience emensly. — 9 years ago

Josh Tracy

10

Mmmmm honey and persimmon. — 10 years ago

MaJ CappS

8.9

Stone, fruits and tree nuts,till tints if persimmon both on the back palette, and in the lingering medium Oaked finish. Totally worth the price for the fantastic curious flavored that will drift in and out of the tastebuds/olfactory harbor. Huh, can't type right now, going back in! — 10 years ago

Michael Meyer

9.2

Bright fruit - blueberry and persimmon, with nice injections of smoke, bramble, and roast. A QPR masterpiece. Perfect with grilled Jalapeño burgers. — 10 years ago

Martin Redmond

9.0

Slightly cloudy gold color (unfiltered) with lime zest, honeysuckle,and stone fruit aromas. On the palate, it's full-bodied, fresh, and very persistent with a wonderfully supple texture. Flavor-wise it shows white peach, lime, honey, and a suggestion of persimmon flavors with a long mineral laced finish. Bottled unfiltered. Battonage during 6 months sur lie aging in large oak casks impart some complexity and a wonderful creaminess. 13% alcohol — 11 years ago

Ivan London

10

So, this is an eye-opening wine for me. Here are some reviews:

A bright, almost chiseled style, offering fresh-cut pineapple, quince and candied Meyer lemon flavors, with a long, floral-filled finish. Seriously long, with lovely lacy detail already showing on the finish. Should be long-lived.—J.M. Score: 94-97.

97 Points
Wine Enthusiast
Pure, with piercing persimmon, pineapple, white peach and quince flavors. Gorgeous floral notes of honeysuckle and orange blossom form the backdrop, while a heather accent caresses the finish. Overwhelmingly pure in the end, with a finish that sails on and on. Best from 2016 through 2035.

95 Points
Wine Spectator
Deep yellow-gold. Sexy, perfumed nose offers pineapple, honey, nutmeg, marzipan and spicy oak. Big, rich and voluminous as Doisy-Vedrines tends to be, but more refined than usual in 2011, offering enticing, sweet flavors of exotic fruits, spices and honey. Finishes long and sweet, with sexy oak notes of spice and coconut and plenty of spicy botrytis.
Range: 90-93

93 Points
International Wine Cellar
The 2011 Doisy-Vedrines has a far more taciturn bouquet than the Doisy-Daene, offering its trademark tropical, peachy aromas that will hopefully develop more delineation throughout its maturation. The palate is medium-bodied with a viscous entry. There are attractive spicy notes and a satisfying build in the mouth towards its botrytis-rich, tropical finish, although on this occasion I find it needing more tension to merit a higher score. Drink 2014-2030.
Barrel Sample: 90-92 Points

92 Points
The Wine Advocate — 11 years ago

Vinny Eng

8.9

Ricotta, persimmon, rye toast — 12 years ago

MaJ CappS

8.9

Wow. Fresh.
The nose has layers of disciplined fruit.
Nothing crazy, very textbook good.

Bright. IlLuminated salted berries, persimmon, ripe, yet not to much, plum, hints of melon. Perfect acidity to stave (Ha!) off the oak.
This is an amazing BDX blend, and so worth the price.
No candied over cloying here.
This is a good expression.
#garagiste — 8 years ago

Zachary Price

8.9

Friday Night Whites. Picked up this little southern beauty from the grocery based solely on location and label - yes, that’s me, basic AF. Anyways, Southern Right is a winery based on the southwest tip of South Africa that specializes in Pinotage and Sauvignon Blanc. The 2017 SvB is a dry offering of 10% Hemel-en-Aarde Valley grapes with the rest being a blend of other Walker Bay SvB with ~14k cases produced. Most of the grapes in the area grow in a sandstone/clay soil in a maritime climate, yielding a nice old world flavor profile to the wines, (think acid and mineral). Wine has been grown in South Africa since the 1650s, but only recently with the ending of Apartheid, has the industry been able to thrive. Chenin Blanc, Cabernet Sauvignon, and Colombard are the most grown varietals. Drank this one, on its own, chilled and unpaired. Remember to drink this now - SvB is best when young. ~$16 | #sauvingnonblanc #southafricanwine #fridaynightwhites

On the eyes: Pale light yellow, clear, light stain, med tears, no gas/floc.

On the nose: Delicate gooseberry and quince, sweet lychee, some floral notes and wet slate. Med alcohol.

On the tongue: Med+ acid, light tannin, med alcohol, juicy and round. Quince, asian pear, persimmon, and lychee rounding out to a bit of leafy notes and high mineralty. Really nice, long, pleasant finish. Not your classic SvB! — 8 years ago

Michael Meyer

9.1

Strong persimmon on the nose, blending more to a rhubarb on the palate. Highly fragrant. A powerful rosé with a very long finish. Hello Cinsault! — 9 years ago

Jack Cranley, Backroads Wine Club & Cascadia Premium Wines

9.6

Absolutely terrific wine. Bound to uplift even the most doomy-gloomy mood. As such, it pairs well with political discourse and the prospect of "President Trump." Go ahead, drink those sorrows away. You deserve it.

Beautiful, shimmering golden color. I believe it's actually already deepening with age. (2012 vintage consumed in mid-2016)

On the nose, apricot fruit and unrefined honey dominate but is accompanied with a menagerie of rare and precious aromatics. The result is a feeling of having something truly exotic in your glass. This is a world-class wine for which there could never be any argument over its worthiness. You will be taken by this wine and there's really no way to over-hype it and set the expectation bar too high because this wine will meet it every time.

As we dig in deeper past the obvious top notes, we discover a treasure chest filled with persimmon, sandalwood, white flower, and vanilla bean.

Upon first entry in the mouth you are met with a zippy liveliness but then that melts gently across your palate to really give you a fine, pervasive coating that excites the taste buds in every corner of your mouth. This is a POWERHOUSE of assertive flavor. This wine will stage a veritable coup d'etat upon your complacent palate. There will be an ouster of your resident ennui. No incumbent sense of boredom will be safe from this wave of populist essence. There will be a complete and total transition of power in the halls of your mind's parliament leading to a peaceful but efficacious revolution. With your personal Congress in shambles, this fresh new confederacy shall draft a Constitution that will usher in a new era of utopian cooperation and transcendental civic euphoria!

Sorry, maybe for a little carried away there. For reals though. Drink this wine when you're feeling down and feel the BURN! Well, not really - because the alcohol is really well-integrated. ;) — 9 years ago

Rubychick

9.3

2013 Chenin, rich, golden and described as all persimmon and ginger. ❤️. Reasons it's sold out everywhere (and why I had to talk them in to selling me some bottles) — 10 years ago

Chanda Williams

9.0

0.0 RS indeed, like raw persimmon in astringency. Mineral and citrus, food friendly. — 10 years ago

Howard Yang

9.0

Dark purple/blue burgundy, smell of bacon, fig, chestnut and cinnamon, taste of oriental spice, anise, licorice and persimmon, full body with moderate acidity, round and smooth tannin, medium to long finish, tasty! — 11 years ago

Lauren Domenech

9.0

Almond & pound cake richness. Persimmon spice finish. — 11 years ago

with Scott

Aaron Means

8.9

Dried cherry, strawberry, persimmon and nice silky mouthfeel with good acidity. Tannins are pretty stout at the back end lending itself to definite longevity. — 12 years ago