Manolya Altan

8.5

On first whiff it felt like a beer, vaguely hoppy, a bit of rain water. Over time I started to think of my parents dinner parties and the smell of perfumes I’d get off the family friends when they hugged me, but not overwhelmingly so, don’t you worry. Bursting with flowers and cooling herbs, yet somehow I taste a touch of vanilla and it works. It’s just fun and different, I feel like I’ve never tasted anything like it before. — 2 years ago

Manolya Altan

8.8

Ok I was upset when I got to the restaurant and my parents had already ordered a bottle but then it ended up being niiiiiiiiiiice. Light and refreshing with a whiff of sea breeze, good acidity, maybe a suggestion of apricot, a touch of bitterness, just fucking nice alright! — 2 years ago

Manolya Altan

9.2

Ok suuuuper interesting, get this, it’s nice and acidic with a little tannin and bitterness in proper orangey fashion, but I get BUBBLEGUM, green tea, melon, green apple (because all acidic white grapes taste like green apple to me :/), and smells like sherry. Very weird and I appreciate it. — 2 years ago

Manolya Altan

8.8

Leather and dirt and red fruit on the schnozz, juicy cherry and a suggestion of something like oregano on the palette, maybe even caramel in there. Leaves you with a pleasant taste of prune juice. It feels a little sweeter than I usually go for but it’s so balanced with the acidity and tannins, I dig it, a nice wine for the whole family. I guess the tannins are high for some people, like my sister wouldn’t like it. But she’s a lawyer so she can’t be trusted anyway, right? — 2 years ago

Manolya Altan

8.3

Immediately smelled like dirt and marker, tasted like marker. Not horrible, but decidedly markery. Over time the markerness subsided and the blackberry, baking spices, kinda a dirty nuttiness came through, while keeping its freshness. Chilled and effervescent so so not typical for what it is or for my taste, but I dug it. — 2 years ago

Manolya Altan

8.7

That’s like really yum, like cherries and raspberries and black pepper and a nice stinging acidity. Light bodied and just enough tannins to allow me to like it. Geil. — 2 years ago

Manolya Altan

7.9

A lil sweet for me but you know it’s got some good stuff going, smells like rubber balloons, tastes like watermelon and beeswax — 2 years ago

Manolya Altan

8.5

Glou glouable for sure, it’s chill but not super boring. Weird that on the nose it’s super classically nAtUrAl with a touch of latex, like you’re having protected sex in a barnyard. But there’s no trace of that at all on the palette, I get bright cranberry, cherry, some cooling spice like a mint or clove, and the mildest elementary school classroom accoutrements like pencils and chalk boards. — 2 years ago

Manolya Altan

8.4

I’m not a big Pinot girl but this is pretty balanced and very drinkable. I think it also helps that I’m drinking this in the vicinity of the Willamette and I feel cool getting to drink a pre Jacksonified WillaKenzie. Earthy and a little savory, good red fruit. A lovely amount of age on it. Bright acidity, soft tannins that still hold up like a warm embrace from a plush but virile old person. — 2 years ago

Manolya Altan

8.3

That’s a sweetie honey pie baby, I like her with a a light-your-mouth-on-fire dish for contrast, on her own she’s a little too much for me, like how many times at you going to caress my cheek and call me snookums? Nice lil minerality and floral notes too. — 2 years ago