Turd Ferguson

9.2

A year in the cellar sorted this out. Sonoma county fruit but drinks like cooler climate / Sonoma Coast. Very nice. 13.5% // up one tick on night two. — 5 months ago

Josh Morgenthau

9.2

Beautiful. Apple and mineral nose. Petrichor. Aromas somewhere between a mineral riesling and Chablis, a little oxidative but so crisp. Palate is not very dense but has a lovely briskness and a lingering finish. Interesting secondary qualities just starting to develop. — 4 years ago

Tree Kilpatrick

9.1

Pretty boring label guys. Farmer designed label. Lovely deep rose petal color. Smells of red-black berries, petrichor, and nice flower soap. Flavor is explosive classic Merlot. Granite, blackberries, cherries and bittering herbs. Streak of licorice and liquor. This would go with red meats like nobodies business. — 4 years ago

Amy Rehagen

9.1

Petrichor, macerated black cherry, menthol. — 2 years ago

Vanessa

9.1

Clos Roquète is a white Châteauneuf-du-Pape wine produced by Frédéric & Daniel Brunier of Domaine du Vieux Télégraphe with a fascinating history to tell…  

Châteauneuf-du-Pape (CNdP) is a highly-esteemed commune located in the Southern Rhône of France. It gets its name, “new castle of the Pope,” because the Pope spent his summers there in the 14th Century when the papacy was relocated to nearby Avignon.
 
This wine is made from 35% Clairette, 35% Roussanne, and 30% Grenache Blanc (all local, white varieties), each adding a unique aromatic and structural dimension. It was aged 11 months in oak prior to release, lending richness and texture.
 
Despite its rich, creaminess, it also has aromatic lift with notes of lemon peel, ripe cantaloupe, white peach, apricot, next to notes of white blossom, vanilla, honey, fennel, and petrichor (a fancy word for the smell of warm, wet pavement like after a summer rain).  

We’re excited to pair this with a lemon, garlic, and herb roasted shrimp over spiralized zucchini noodles.
 
Cheers to beautiful wines that tell stories and share histories! — 2 years ago

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Erik Helms

Sommelier/Wine & Beer Buyer Whole Foods Oakland

9.0

This one is bone dry and driven by minerality. Petrichor, and wet stone dominates. — 4 years ago

Brendan Baker

9.6

Blackberry and cherry, sous bois, petrichor, orange rind, iodine, med body, silky tannin, at peak 🤯 — 2 years ago

Brendan Baker

9.3

Tart black cherry, petrichor, chalky tannin 😍 — 3 years ago

Andrew Holod

National Sales Grapes of Spain

9.4

Vibrant, limpid, ruby. Initial nose of cranberry, bitter raspberry pip, irony mineral tones, tea roses. With air gains a pomegranate and slight beety note as well as some petrichor. Energetic palate with lively acidity. A good foil to salmon cakes with homemade tarragon mayo and Yukon golds persillade. — 4 years ago

Nesim Bekalti

9.0

Violet, blueberry, dusty, petrichor, bay leaf, pork roast. M+ acid, m/m+ body. — 5 years ago