This is a small town beauty pageant winner - rural North Carolina channeling the Right Bank... gorgeous brooding ripe almost stewed plum, blackberry & boysenberry mingled with dusty edges, spices, savory and a wild savage forestry-herbaceousness. Medium bodied w/firm tannins backbone - an absolute pleasure that absolutely over-delivers @ $17. .1 bump for locale & price point — 5 years ago
2019 très fruité, sec, très agréable — 6 years ago
La quinta esencia de la Rioja moderna. Potente, afrutado, largo, equilibrado. Una belleza de etiqueta, pero una botella excesivamente gruesa y pesada que aporta nada al contenido — 7 years ago
Picture yourself in rural France stopping for lunch at a small family owned bistro on a hot and dusty rural road. You park your rental Peugeot go in and order a Sauvignon Blanc to pair with your light fish or veal lunch. This is the type of wine you could enjoy. A wine that comes from a small vineyard under the radar of most, inexpensive and one that will surely refresh. Straw colored, green apple aroma, a light smack of citrus lime on the tip of your tongue and the roof of your mouth followed by a smooth almost peach fuzz and light fruit finish. 12.5 Alc/vol — 8 years ago
This is a wine! Good rural tones. Beautiful dark and cherry color and taste. Versatile. — 2 years ago
Suave y agradable. — 3 years ago
Esencia de Ribera. Nectar — 5 years ago
Delicious & easy to drink, good with dinner & alone — 6 years ago
By the glass. Barb said aromas of Fairy Floss. (Aussies who have been to rural Agricultural Shows will be familiar with Fairy Floss - a sugary whipped confection). Also a note of Lemon and petrol, but oh so young - yet to display its potential. One of the least sweet Ausleses I have ever had. Great refreshment and lively acid. — 7 years ago
Not much on the nose. But very big and alcoholic. Basically a Rhone. Recommend. — 8 years ago
A pesar de los años conserva la esencia de un buen ribera — 9 years ago
Orange blossom half and half sipped out of a cantaloupe soaked in the Atlantic. Also those orange circus peanut candies you find at rural gas stations. I know this note sounds terrible but it’s just because I’m a poor writer, the wine is actually quite good as per usual. — 2 years ago
With Deborah. Unoaked Chardonnay. Crisp. Average. — 5 years ago
Eater wine club- tart and easy drinking with ginger sesame chicken. — 6 years ago
20-30 year old vines planted to a rural, ancient vineyard. Original winery may date back almost 3,000 years. Intense orchard fruits interlaced with plump acids. — 7 years ago
Dark and dense, but with a fresh line and earthy/bloody component nestled in the dark fruit and balanced oak. The flavor is of course driven by its lip smacking tannins, yet with a good fruit coverage which made them more approachable than expected. Modern winemaking in this rural outpost is the recipe for success. Nice performance — 8 years ago
Very white. — 8 years ago
Michael Fiur
Nice light red slightly chilled. Hotel Esencia. Last night. With chateaubriand for two with mashed potatoes and French fries and creamed spinach — a year ago