Winery - York Mountain Winery
* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
You’ll find a crisp, acidic structure in this dry wine. It shows peach, apricot and spice flavors, with a touch of smoky oak. Good with Asian food, or as an apéritif.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
The underlying wine here is so good in fruity flavor and zesty acidity, you have to wonder why the winery piled so much new oak on top. The Chard is dominated by caramel, vanilla cream and butterscotch.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
The Jack Ranch has been source to very good Syrahs and Chardonnays from several wineries, but York Mountain’s Pinot Noirs haven’t been as successful. This wine is a little hot and jammy, with simple cherry, fig and vanilla flavors.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Compared to the winery’s county-wide bottling, this Pinot is remarkably similar in the high acidity, light, silky texture and pleasant cherry, cola and subtle oak flavors. Yet it possesses an extra depth and complexity. Drink this polished wine now.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Shows the qualities that are making this Spanish variety so popular. Bone dry, crisp in acidity, low in alcohol and palate-stimulating, this oak-free wine bursts with rich lemongrass, pineapple and peach flavors. That acidity makes it clean and vibrant and terrifically versatile at the table.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
This is an excellent Syrah, and it’s right up there with the winery’s Clone 877 bottling. It’s nearly identical, with rich, sweet tannins, crisp acids and complex, intricate flavors of blackberries, plums, coffee, white pepper, sweet leather and smoky oak. The finish is dry and satisfying.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Shares many of the qualities of the wonderful Clone 877 bottling, except for acidity. This wine is too soft to be fully balanced. Still, the flavors, of blackberries, plums, coffee, sweet leather and spices, are complex and ever-changing, and the finish is rich and dry.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Grown in this cool appellation, this Spanish variety is crisp in acidity and bone dry, a refreshing sipper that shows flavors of citrus zest not unlike a Sauvignon Blanc, but fuller-bodied.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Like all Edna Valley Chards, this bottling is bone dry, with high acidity. The flavors are very citrusy, with richer notes of honeydew melon and sweet, oaky vanilla. This is a polished, elegant wine.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
From a little-used San Luis Obispo County appellation, a simple wine with little to recommend it beyond cleanliness and some berry flavors. Fully dry, it has silky tannins and some firm acids.
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