Stupid good single-site Riesling from the Chehalem Mountains. Impeccable balance. Could totally see calling this as a high-quality Nahe kabinett if blinded on it but at the same time it still has a distinctly Oregonian aura about it. Nose of ripe nectarine, key lime, and honeydew, pure, slate-y wet stone minerality, cherry blossom, subtle cardamom and nutmeg spice, and just a touch of petrol starting to show. Palate echoes the nose, channeled through bracing high acid and an extra layer of flinty mineral focus. Moderate concentration, medium (-) body but with great texture from neutral oak fermentation and elevage and possibly some lees influence as well. As referenced above, sweetness is comparable to some of the less sweet German kabinett wines; delightfully off-dry. Deliciously quenching. Gonna hoard a couple bottles of this because I'd love to see how this fares with a bit more development in bottle. — 8 years ago
Man, I love this wine. My 2nd time having the 2004, and it's just stellar. I wrote down cinnamon and sweet/pastry/tart (in a very good way)...and went to look at my old review, which said cinnamon and key lime. Well damn, how's that for consistency! — 8 years ago
Stumbled across this great blend, what a great wine!😘 — 10 years ago
Excellent Malbec. Very smooth. — 12 years ago
A very refined, low key Royal City syrah. Some of the usual gamey funk, but not the usual powerful fruit intensity. The blueberry and fig fruit is present and very nice, yet subdued relative to some vintages of this NW classic. — 8 years ago
Tasty, even though it is not as crisp as I was expecting for a Gruner Vetliner — 8 years ago
Yum. Bright Cellars club box. — 8 years ago
Green Snapple, pear, key lime white peach. Fruity up front and fresh. Mineral in the background but this looks to be evolving very slowly. — 9 years ago
An interesting Red blend from the Central Coast courtesy of Club W — 10 years ago
Delicate juicyness, full and wide. Key Lime pie and pastoral butter. — 10 years ago
Sweet. Pretty lime-y. Tastes like Florida. — 8 years ago
Christmas in a glass — 8 years ago
Key lime pie, sour apple and a great mineral-driven spine. Could use some more of that. — 9 years ago
Christmas Eve at the Ritz on Key Biscayne — 9 years ago
Superb. This is why I like wine. Like walking into a vegetable garden when you stick ya nose in. Herbaceous and minerally with leaping currant fruit and juicy raspberries. Oak provides an oozing finish. Just a bit of funk but in a tactful manner like Mark Ronson. Acidity gives nice skeleton. — 10 years ago
Excellent balance between fruit, body, and earth. Would buy again. — 12 years ago
Jonathan Wall
During the party I would have given this an 8.9. But as leftovers 2 nights later found in the back of the fridge... it brought on deeper dimensions of key lime pie etc. delicious. — 7 years ago