Racy, juicy, tangy.
Honey, lime and elderflower branch, green apples and juicy peach aromas are layered with nettle, lemongrass and snap peas. It is tangy and racy with attractive complexity and a slightly phenolic (textural) finish. A notable step up from the classic and well-loved Nobilo Sauvignon Blanc.
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Wine Scores Reviewed - October 21st, 2019

Racy, verdant, tangy.
A expectedly verdant Marlborough style with oodles of nettle, passionfrut, elderflowers, crunchy green apples, white peaches, grass clippings and lime. Juicy and tangy on the mouth it delivers an echo of citrus and green botanicals.
Pair: seafood, goats cheese in any form, asparagus quiche, roasted artichokes.
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Wine Scores Reviewed - March 13th, 2017

Harmonious, dependable, value.
While the Mondavi wines are hugely dependable across the board, it's how your value wines show, that truly show your commitment to quality.
The aromas here are a potpourri of cedar chips and dried flowers, smoked spices and black cherries with plush chocolate. Harmonious and generous in the mouth, with a slick texture an oodles of mocha, vanilla and berry fruit in the mouth.

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Wine Scores Reviewed - November 28th, 2016

Seductive, generous fleshy.
An opulent wine with seductive blueberry, cherry, licorice, vanilla and baking spices layered with violets and mocha. The palate is chocolaty, generous and supple. A luscious and fleshy wine.

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Wine Scores Reviewed - March 26th, 2019

Complete, succulent, woven.
Harvested from the preeminent To Kalon Vineyard, which rests behind the Mondavi winery in Oakville, this superb red saw extended maceration and was moved into all new French oak barriques for a secondary fermentation, then aged 20 months before blending into the final wine. It was bottled in August of 2017 and aged again in bottle.
It has a rich, complex and serious nose: black currents and blueberries, brown spices, dried herbs and salted, smoked meat aromas are defined. It's a complete wine, fresh and balanced, succulent and deftly woven. Generous bordering on opulent with a long, chocolaty finish.
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Wine Scores Reviewed - May 27th, 2019