Palmina

Palmina

Los Olivos District Vermentino 2021

This wine has a light yellow-gold tint. The nose is a bit muted, but showy enough to offer some nice lemon, apricot and salinity notes. The salinity comes across clearly on the palate, and so does the lemon. Most noteworthy is the very fresh acidity. The ocean influence is strong here, and you should pair this wine with crustaceans. The citrus minerality hangs around for quite awhile after the sip. — 7 months ago

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Palmina

Rea IV Santa Barbara County White Blend 2018

An excellent northern Italy-esque wine to start the evening... — 5 years ago

Vanessa McCaffrey
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Palmina

Rocca Santa Barbara County Nebbiolo 2012

One of the great things about Palmina is that they pull stuff from their cellar from time to time and offer them as part of wine club shipments. This took about 20-30min to open up (had some funky aromas initially which eventually blew off), but once it did it showed some great, older aromas of dried strawberries, hints of sour cherry, and old leather. Great acidity on the palate...and it went great with the AMAZING pork fried rice dish that Vanessa made us for dinner! — 5 years ago

Vanessa McCaffrey
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Paul, LM and 11 others liked this

Palmina

Santa Ynez Valley Cortese 2015

Mineral, peach and lime aromas and flavors, very youthful, crisp and refreshing, nice acid balance, medium-long finish, very nice! — 3 years ago

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Steve Clifton

La Voix Here And Heaven 2016

Wow. Totally surprised by this wine. As I understand it, La Voix is an offshoot from Steve’s flagship operation, Palmina (the best Italian varietal-based wines outside of the Old Country, IMHO). I was a bit skeptical at first - was concerned about it being over-oaked like the one vintage of John Alban’s Perra Docs North offerings that I’ve had - but this is terrific (and an amazing QPR). Definitely has an old-world flare to it in terms of acidity and minerality (more Chablis than Burgundy), but with CA fruit through and through. Do yourself a favor and try one of these! — 4 years ago

Vanessa McCaffrey
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Paul, Jeffrey and 7 others liked this

Riecine

Palmina Toscana Rosé Blend 2017

A solid rosé. Nicely perfumed, floral. — 6 years ago

Shawn, P and 7 others liked this

Palmina

Bien Nacido Vineyard Barbera 2001

A nice lineup of six Barolo-like reds, from 1999-2014. — 3 years ago

Eric, Aravind and 13 others liked this

Paul Lato

Boogie Nights Larner Vineyard Malvasia Bianca 2019

Great example of a New World malvasia. Outpaces what Steve Clifton at Palmina does with this varietal in terms of depth and length (chalk that up to winemaker’s preference). No idea about how well it might age, but I wouldn’t bother waiting! — 4 years ago

Vanessa McCaffrey
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David, Phil and 9 others liked this
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Need to get some. Thanks

Palmina

Alisos Vineyard Barbera 2014

Open and enjoy! Nice earthy tones and long clean finish. — 6 years ago

Palmina

Autunno Santa Barbara County Riesling 2013

Autunno white. Fun and funky. Lost of herbs in the glass. — 7 years ago