Saline

Emilio Ramirez Envinate

Benje Listan Blanco 2019

Skin contact old vines Listan Blanco. Electric stuff. Clearly volcanic, a bit of smoke over citrus/tree fruit. Saline tang. Envinate. 🔥 — 4 years ago

Judy Wagonfeld
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Cibonne

Côtes de Provence Tibouren Rosé 2017

Color is light copper, trending more orange-yellow.

Nose has Clementine peel, cold apricot, orange oil, warm strawberries, sea salt and sliced peaches.

Palate has peach, dried orange, dried sage, dry sliced almonds, minor saline notes and orange zest. Long finish, continually evolving, actually just tossed this intro a decanter as I think it will benefit.

Fun wine, can easily understand it's prowess and popularity, it's in the zone for us as well.

Paired with sugar/salt rubbed Cod cooked in the sous vide bath, then topped with sauteed shallots/capers, aside parmesan/panko spring peas. So yum!
— 5 years ago

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Vincent Dauvissat

Les Clos Chablis Grand Cru Chardonnay 2001

Wonderfully mature but still vibrant and succulent. Lime. Oily limpid saline lemon. Mineral and poised and long. Excellent. — 7 years ago

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Mike Saviage

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Had this a week ago. Great juice.
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Great stuff

Domaine François Raveneau

Montée de Tonnerre Chablis 1er Cru Chardonnay 2014

Still so young. Lemon, stone fruits, crushed rock, saline, I like its elegance & finesse with bracing acidity in an austere & linear style. — 8 years ago

Stephen, Weijie and 12 others liked this

Domaine François Raveneau

Vaillons Chablis 1er Cru Chardonnay 1999

Lovely oyster shells and citrus on the nose. Classic raveneau on the palate. Great minerality with a chalky, saline quality. Very focused and structured. Fantastic — 8 years ago

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Bryan Thomas

Bryan Thomas

This was a real stunner - Chablis was called but remember saying can't be Chablis cuz don't know of a Chablis with this kind of richness and length - stunning bottle!
9.5

Vincent Dauvissat

La Forest Chablis 1er Cru Chardonnay 2011

Jeremy Noye
9.4

Saline. Honey suckle. Flinty. Zesty. Long. Ever changing. Real argument that 2011 is a must have vintage for Chablis. — 9 years ago

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Arianna Occhipinti

SP68 Bianco Terre Siciliane Albanello Muscat of Alexandria 2014

When on an island....
Medium gold in color. The nose has an intense floral bouquet that reminds me a lot of Muscat, with dried white flowers and pink grapefruit citrus aromas. The palate adds peach and a saltiness that stains the palate in saline and lifts the medium body texture that seems more endowed but must be from some skin contact during fermentation. The finish is fresh but a little short.
— 10 years ago

Anthony, LM and 4 others liked this

Domaine Marquis d'Angerville

Domaine du Pélican Arbois Savagnin Ouillé 2012

crisp non-ox Jura , banana peel, caramel saline .. delicious! — 11 years ago

Domaine Roulot

Meursault Chardonnay

Floral fresh bouquet with a mineral saline crisp dry finish.
Love it!!
— 11 years ago

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Domaine François Raveneau

Clos Chablis Grand Cru Chardonnay 1988

Light gold. Looks young. Took 5 hours to open up and show its stuff. In hour 6 this was cruising. Saline and sea shells, wispy lemon fruit, some honey, some white stone. The guesses from the fellas were 2002 Rav Clos and 1996 Rav Valmur. Shows how these properly stored aged Raveneaus can age effortlessly. — 5 years ago

Jan, Eric and 21 others liked this
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That’s impressive

Agro de Bazán

Granbazán Etiqueta Verde Rías Baixas Albariño 2016

Very good. Crisp, saline, grapefruit, nice after taste. Fairly long finish. — 6 years ago

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Laurent Tribut

Chablis Chardonnay 2015

Wonderfully executed, textbook Chablis. Fermentation in cuve; mix of cuve and neutral oak elevage. A wonderful example that speaks to the appellation. Tribut is a protégé of Dauvissat and I think that having studied under that kind of expertise definitely shows here. Full of verve and crackling energy while also showing a some richness and a bit fuller body from the warm vintage. Definitely would be best in a few more years but still a pleasure to drink now.

- Color: medium (-) straw-gold hue
- Nose: just-ripe yellow apple, ripe starfruit, tons of saline oyster shell quality and crushed chalk minerality, lemon pulp, Parmigiano cheese rind leesiness, heavy cream character from malo, some slight fennel spice and a touch of white florals
- Palate: ripe starfruit, lemon pulp, crushed oyster shell salinity, Parmigiano rind leesiness, heavy cream, and a slight fennel note
- Acid: high
- RS: bone dry
- Alcohol: medium (+), not hot or noticeable
- Body: medium (-)/medium, with an oily texture from elevage on lees and malolactic as well
— 8 years ago

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R. López de Heredia

Viña Gravonia Crianza Rioja Viura 2007

Green apples, quince, creme brûlée, saline, honeysuckle, beeswax, almonds. Rounded acid, medium bodied, oily-silky texture, long savory-honeyed finish. Polished, elegant, highly aromatic with evolved texture. — 8 years ago

Daniel, Vijay and 13 others liked this

Domaine François Raveneau

Butteaux Chablis 1er Cru Chardonnay 2013

Needed some time but showed less tropical flavours than its mont mains bro. Saline palate, not direct and angled but great drinking. — 9 years ago

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Domaine Billaud-Simon

Montée de Tonnerre Chablis 1er Cru Chardonnay 2012

Pale lemon color. Very typical Chablis nose of lemon and green apple. Very mineral and saline palate, almost metallic, with high acidity and a long finish. This is excellent. I love this producer. — 9 years ago

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Ameztoi

Getariako Txakolina Hondarrabi Zuri

Minerals, lemon, and a hint of pear. Zippy, vivacious, and saline. Happiness right here — 10 years ago

Sono Montenidoli

Toscana Rosato Canaiuolo 2014

Light and delicious. Nice complexity w/o the weight. Strawberry, peach, saline. — 11 years ago

Domaine de la Pépière

Muscadet Sèvre-et-Maine Melon de Bourgogne 2012

Awesome high acid, saline muscadet. Killer price point too. Really lovely. — 11 years ago

Massican

Annia Napa Valley Tocai Friulano Blend 2018

What a glorious Napa Valley blended white... crisp, bone-dry, with acidity and weight at 12.4 ABV. Tart green and yellow fruit with definite saline notes and just a touch of funk. Long grippy finish and a 30 sec aftertaste. So very much more esthetically and intellectually interesting than your average Calif chard or Sb. Just downright fun to drink. — 5 years ago

Shay, Ira and 5 others liked this

Bodegas Los Bermejos

Lanzarote Listán Negro Rosado

Juicy orange, bitter orange, blasts of saline, serious complexity and decent length — 6 years ago

Domaine Roulot

Bourgogne Aligoté 2014

Roulot’s Aligote is always one of the great white Burgundy values as it delivers so much for its price. Lots of lemon lime, citrus, mineral, saline with refreshing & racy acids. — 6 years ago

Ryan, Severn and 3 others liked this

Domaine Dauvissat-Camus

La Forest Chablis 1er Cru Chardonnay 2012

Once this had a chance to open it was very oyster shell saline/mineral and intense. — 7 years ago

Jon, Michael and 1 other liked this

Dom Pérignon

Brut Champagne Blend 1999

Lovely nose with chalk, lemon, apricot and a saline, marine aspect, like the inside of a seashell. Palate is focused and beautifully delineated, with great length and verve. — 8 years ago

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Benanti

Pietra Marina Etna Bianco Superiore Carricante 2012

Starts out floral and citrus with a long anise and bitter almond finish. Evolves into saline minerals with a pleasant acidity and aromas of green apples. — 9 years ago

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Do Ferreiro

Cepas Vellas Rías Baixas Albariño do Ferreiro 2013

saline and fresh sliced peaches. waterfall-inducing, gushing acid...now if i can wait ten years to open the other bottle... — 9 years ago

Domaine Moreau-Naudet

Chablis Chardonnay 2014

Leesy and rich aromas of yellow apples, beer foam, tart pears, and flint. Palate start with crisp malic apple and broadens out into oyster shells, lemon, lime and more saline beer foam. Great weight and approachability for its youth and lovely. — 10 years ago

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Suertes del Marqués

Vidonia Viñas Viejas Valle de la Orotava Listan Blanco 2011

Saline, custard, pecans, almond, honeydew melon, toffee, white gardenias, sea salt. Beautiful golden color, excellent acidity, oily/silky texture, long savory and mineral finish. — 10 years ago

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Domaine William Fèvre

"Côte Bouguerots" Bougros Chablis Grand Cru Chardonnay 2009

Green apple, lime zest, and flinty minerals on the nose. A little taut in the mouth, but a nice saline finish. — 11 years ago

Arnot-Roberts

Trout Gulch Vineyard Chardonnay 2012

The kind of Chardonnay that people write poems about. Unforgettable saline minerality. A stunner. — 12 years ago

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