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| Community Tasting Notes (average 92.9 pts. and median of 92 pts. in 8 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by eoinhharkins on 3/16/2024 & rated 92 points: Lots of citrus, hints of vanilla, little spice on the nose, mousse was quite aggressive to start with but after 30 mins settled nicely to show the lemon and apple fruit, decent weight, well integrated acidity and nice finish (1344 views) | | | Tasted by sh6k on 2/21/2024 & rated 92 points: First opening it, a dominating bitter note. After 10 minutes the note integrated with the fruit to give a strong mandarin orange peel / Aperol spritz vibe. With hints of vanilla / chalk and brief whiffs of cherry, but largely that bitter orange peel. Long finish of that bitter orange peel.
After an overnight in the fridge with a quality stopper, totally transformed, much more than a night in the fridge usually does. Instead of bitter it was salty — very salty — but not brine / sea spray, more like whey. That mellowed a bit over time but was still the dominant note. The nose was beautiful and demure peaches and perfume, no hints of the salt.
All in all an odd wine. Not bad and quite interesting and clearly made with care, but not something I’ll seek out again especially for the price. (1671 views) | | | Tasted by dcwino on 2/18/2024 & rated 92 points: Ski trip - Four wino familes; 2/16/2024-2/19/2024 (Wisp Resort): Medium expressive nose displaying ripe yellow fruit, baked apple, apple, brioche, honey, caramel, sweet spices and limestone. Medium concentration, generous yellow fruit, warm and round, medium fine and medium generous mousse, medium acidity and mineral, and a medium long finish. The nose is closer to Champagne but not the palate. Very well made but not a good QPR. (1987 views) | | | Tasted by HFLED on 1/11/2024 & rated 93 points: Outstanding and only getting better I am sure. Managed to combine some lushness of texture with white flowers and citrus while having limited dosage and bracing acidity. Great stuff. (2249 views) | | | Tasted by csimm on 10/27/2023 & rated 94 points: Lemon, citrus rind, white stone fruit, Asian pear, and sea spray. Perfectly balanced and less sweet than many Ultramarines I’ve experienced historically, there is nice cut here on the back end that stays a bit linear but does well to keep the fruit in notable focus. I was worried this might be a little too rich for my tastes, but it was really beautiful and pleasurable. It’s not chiseled or mineral-driven necessarily, but the profile does everything right to stay in its proper lane. This is less gushing and ripe than Heintz BdBs I’ve previously had. Solid bottle here. Drink or hold for a bit. Personally, I like it younger and less overtly expansive in its current state. Let’s see how the 2019 Keefer compares…
Disg. 03/2021 if I recall correctly. (3665 views) | | | Tasted by Amerique on 7/22/2023 & rated 91 points: Rich, delicious full-bodied citrus fruit, slightly sweet, excellent structure, ample bubbles, lacked yeasty flavors and acidity, more dynamic than most of the best California sparkling wines, very chardonnay like (3291 views) |
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Vinous, 2022 Sonoma Preview: A First Look (Jan 2024) (1/1/2024)
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| Ultramarine Producer websiteChardonnay The Chardonnay GrapeKeefer Ranch Details on weinlagen-infoUSAAmerican wine has been produced since the 1500s, with the first widespread production beginning in New Mexico in 1628. Today, wine production is undertaken in all fifty states, with California producing 84% of all U.S. wine. The continent of North America is home to several native species of grape, including Vitis labrusca, Vitis riparia, Vitis rotundifolia, and Vitis vulpina, but the wine-making industry is based almost entirely on the cultivation of the European Vitis vinifera, which was introduced by European settlers. With more than 1,100,000 acres (4,500 km2) under vine, the United States is the fourth-largest wine producing country in the world, after Italy, Spain, and France.California2021 vintage: "Unlike almost all other areas of the state, the Russian River Valley had higher than normal crops in 2021, which has made for a wine of greater generosity and fruit forwardness than some of its stablemates." - Morgan Twain-Peterson Sonoma CountyMendocino CountySonoma Coast * Sonoma Coast AVA (Wikipedia)
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