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Arnot-Roberts

Watson Ranch Chardonnay 2021

David T
9.2

One of the few CA Chardonnay I enjoy. You can spend more on one, but for under $40, this works really well.

Arnot-Robert’s rides the fence of CA Chardonnay & White Burgundy nicely. Has a bit of Ca Chardonnay backbone with the creamy body of White Burgundy.

Nose does not show much at first. Green apple, pear, lemon, lime. White peach, caramel notes, cardamom, paraffin, cream, yellow & spring flowers.

The body is creamy with nice viscosity. Green apple, pear, lemon, lime. White peach, caramel notes, cardamom, paraffin, cream, very light honey notes, sea spray, light chalkiness, yellow & spring flowers. Excellent round acidity, beautiful, soft structure, well balanced and a pleasant finish.

A couple more years in bottle add a point or two & more complexity. .

A little history from their website. Watson Ranch Vineyard is perched on a steep hillside overlooking the San Pablo Bay at the southernmost end of the Napa Valley. The ranch was named after early Napa attorney, Augustus Watson, who owned the property in the early 1900s. The adjacent property is an abandoned limestone quarry which historically employed over 300 people, mining material to make portland cement used to rebuild San Francisco after the 1906 earthquake.
— 2 months ago

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Concha y Toro

Don Melchor Puente Alto Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 2014

Don Melchor comes from a unique 313-acre vineyard planted on the rock soils of one of the Maipo River’s oldest terraces at the foot of the Andes Mountains, one of the world’s most celebrated terroirs for cabernet sauvignon.

The 2014 Don Melchor Puente Alto Vineyard gives both old world and new world expressions. This wine is full-bodied, rich, and elegant. Dark red fruit. Beautifully balanced. The vintage is 92% cabernet sauvignon and 8% cabernet franc. I recommend a healthy decant before enjoying.

If in Dallas right now, I recommend sitting with this one next to a fireplace.
— a year ago

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Mesa

Buio Buio Riserva Carignano del Sulcis

Love this. Got on sale at quarry wines. Not a real heavy cab. — 4 years ago

The Terraces at Quarry Vineyards

Napa Valley Zinfandel 2018

Benefits form a decanting to smooth the alcohol out. The nose is peppery but tastes of dried fruit that have been soaking in a brandy for a while. Super smooth and luscious. — 2 months ago

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Rutherford Cabernet Franc 2014

6/23 2014 had that nice fruit forward cherry profile. Very solid 89 — 9 months ago

Simon Colin

Les Chaumées Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Chardonnay 2020

This is the most mineral of Simon Colin’s Chassagne Montrachets. This sits at the northern end closer to the old quarry. A lot of limestone here with thin soils. At Boulder Burgundy Festival. — a year ago

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Domaine Jobard Morey

Bourgogne Chardonnay 2018

Coming from the old quarry behind the Perrieres premier cru area. Very aromatic nose of white fruit, some mint and a touch of oak it seems. The palate is round, rich, mineral and intense, yet with energy and a lot of precision of flavours, i am sure in a blind tasting that the friends would call a much higher level wine, at minimum a Meursault Villages, what a great success from Valentin Jobard.

Vignes provenant de l’ancienne carrière derrière le fameux premier cru Perrieres. Vin très aromatique, menthe, fruits blancs, une touche boisée mais de façon judicieuse il me semble. Attaque et bouche ronde avec une tension appuyée, quelle texture et des saveurs franches et précises, belle énergie. Bien curieux à l’aveugle de voir ce que les amis prédiraient, bien meilleur que son niveau, superbe. J’en veux d’autres! 90-91 à ce niveau.
— 4 years ago

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Rutherford Cabernet Sauvignon 2015

10/31/23. Bluefin bay resort in tofte mn. Best wine ever. Love it. Ribeye dinner. Fruit forward, very smooth, nice finish. — 5 months ago

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Chardonnay 2006

Didn’t know it was left! Golden Nectar. Just grabbed a Terraces Chardonnay. After drinking with Dover Sole in a butter/same wine sauce over brown rice. Delicious. Mellow Butter accompanied with the wine sauce. Soft flaky white fish with the buttery honey suckle wine! — 5 months ago

Letha Phillips
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Martin Müller

Trarbacher Hühnerberg Trocken Spätlese Mosel Riesling 2020

Lyle Fass
9.5

Huge and expansive nose. Ripe apricot and peach and very confectionary. Grapefruit, citrus, tangerine, tangelo and so much more. An amalgam of stunning fruit on a mineral background. Hugely expressive minerality and just a stunningly mineral nose. Smells like a rock quarry. Awesome. The nose is so deep. Kaleidoscopic and fractal like. Palate is young and tangy with enormous structure but it’s delicate and a little bit hidden. Not that integrated at all but all the parts are there. Incredible fruit sapidity on the finish. Huge mineral/citrus inner mouth aromas. Juicy and mineral but man is this backwards. The finish is super long and the wine is crazy concentrated but massively backwards. I’ll be back. — 2 years ago

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