Sipping Fine Wine

9.0

Pale lemon with aromas of stone and tropical fruits. Made from 40-year old vines, aged in 100% stainless steel. On the palate flavors of bright lemon citrus with crisp apple and peach notes. This medium-body wine has crisp acidity, good balance and nice mouthfeel, smooth long finish ending with creamy mineral texture. Very Nice! — 3 years ago

Juan Pablo Perez

9.1

Nariz: fruta tropical, piedra, flores blancas

Boca: Acidez M/M+, Alcohol M

Buena mineralidad en nariz y boca. — 4 years ago

Sean Smith

9.1

Lots of tropical notes, pineapple in particular. Great roundness you don’t typically get from 100% SB. — 4 years ago

Michael McGuire

9.0

Balanced, tropical on the nose, excellent — 6 years ago

with Effy

Philip Mondy

9.3

Mist certainly sweet — 6 years ago

Paige Wolfe

9.9

Melon on the nose, tropical palate, grapefruit finish.
Wonderful from start to lingering finish. — 7 years ago

Sam Coturri

Winery Sixteen 600, Enterprise Vineyards and the Moon Mountain District

9.3

Cheesy, tropical and intense. One of the very few SBs at this price/hype level that can come close to living up to it — 8 years ago

Andrew S

8.9

Lemons and nectarine on the nose mixed with the higher alcohol unfolding. Tropical fruits on the palate with a toasted sweetness- kind of like butterscotch and bruised nectarine skin. Salinity shoes up at the end and lingers as the fruits revisit. Very sweet. — 8 years ago

ESF

9.0

Drink Seasonally! Tropical the 1st night, tingly zesty acidity, 2nd night was grassy & herby - gave us the textbook on SB — 9 years ago

Philip Ariza

9.3

tropical fruit, slightly tart. crisp and clean. refreshing! — 10 years ago

Sipping Fine Wine

9.7

Blend mostly Sauv Blanc (90%) with 10% Semillon, aged 50% new oak. Pale lemon with aromas of stone and tropical fruits, citrus and blossom with spicy notes. Palate flavors of peach, apple and grapefruit citrus with honeysuckle and pepper spice. Medium+ length, balanced acidity, ending with a fruit and mineral spice character. Very good! Will age well! — 3 years ago

Manjiry Tamhane

9.1

Rich golden colour, nutty flavours as a result of ageing. Hint of fading tropical fruit on the nose with coconut on the palate. Honestly thought this would be well past its best but has surprised and delighted 19 years on! — 4 years ago

Ming L

9.0

A tropical fruit filled chilled SB with jumbo stone crab in a summer like day.
Life goes on! — 4 years ago

Joe Gillies

9.2

Very good. Bananas, coconut, and tropical flavors. A nice creamy maloactic finish.
Drank with salmon filets. — 6 years ago

Josh Thorpe

9.2

Tropical, fruity. Smooth. Very good. — 6 years ago

with Andrew, Jason and 2 others

Cameron Myhrvold

9.3

2008 Aubert Chardonnay Ritchie Vineyard
This is always the tropical fruit bomb of the Aubert line up. A super attractive wine. Hawaiian punch for adults. Drank it at room temperature, which is a sin, but it is so good it just doesn't matter. — 8 years ago

Chris LoRusso

9.1

Classic Cali Chard.. Buttery with some sweet tropical fruit. Really enjoyed! — 8 years ago

Nick Eldridge

9.1

Such a great nose on this. Lots of tropical fruit. Pineapple, kiwi, papaya. Good acidity, crisp, mineral driven. Love the wines from Dragonette — 8 years ago

Alishia Odom

9.0

Alishia had this 9 years ago

Karabella Ctree

8.9

Slight hint of grapefruit. Tastes of a combination of different tropical fruits. Like a tropical Starburst. Really enjoy the crispness as well as the tart aftertaste. — 9 years ago

Kenneth Rosal

9.0

Appearance - Pale Gold

Nose - Medium Intensity of Citrus and Tropical aromas.

Palate - Dry, Medium to High Acidity, Medium to Full Body, Medium Intensity of Lemon, Honeysuckle, and Orange Peel, Medium Finish

Conclusion - Very Good Quality Wine — 3 years ago

Andrea Watt

9.0

Lightly sweet with green apple and honeysuckle, lime and tropical fruit. — 4 years ago

Jacob Johnston

9.2

The guava is real! Juicy, tropical fruit forward nose. Melon and fresh straw. Sweet and smooth, not too crisp, but still refreshing and delightful. — 4 years ago

Brian S

9.5

Truly outstanding reductive, white flower, honey blossom, citrus, tropical notes galore and medium plus acidity. This bottle was consumed extremely quickly and I can only imagine what a few years or more of n the bottle will do to this wine. This is definitely American Grand Cru! — 4 years ago

with Ellie

Sean Genn

8.9

Lots of oak followed by some tropical fruit — 7 years ago

Lee Lightfoot

8.9

Super tropical and super young — 7 years ago

Mike Saviage

9.4

From a great looking bottle with high fill and perfect cork. Yellow gold and heavy weight in the glass. Bright tropical nose with notes of citrus fruit, river stone, petrol, clove and orange peel. Nice and round in the mouth but still with great acidity. Coats the taste buds. This was better in the first two hours than when compared to the last 4 hours. Paired well with cold heirloom tomato gazpacho soup. — 8 years ago

Dave Polk

9.1

tropical smooth, no backend bite — 8 years ago

Ladykat

9.6

Clean crisp & delish. A little tropical lychee note. Super well balanced & elegant. — 8 years ago

Ronald Du Preez

9.2

Great job team FC you ladies rocked this wine. Great summer Fume. Nicely balanced, with citrus and tropical flavors at the end
— 10 years ago