Tablas Creek, Roussanne, Paso Robles

Aged for almost 18 years, just past peak !! Cork was near perfect with tartrate crystals on the inner surface, easily removed. Consumed over three days, vac u vin and refrigerated. My favorite white varietal. Dark honey color, excellent clarity with medium oxidation. Perfumed floral aromas of honeysuckle, peach, and pear; soft flavors of apricot, pear, and lichee nut with a long flavorful mineral rich finish. This Roussanne is nicely balanced and has demonstrated great agebillity, but near the end …

2006 vintage

Wine arrived direct from Tablas Creek cellar. Wonderful dark golden almost honey like color profile. Aromatics were amazing with lots of honey, spice a d pear. Highly viscous, full and rich on the palate with great mouthfeel. On the palate more of the same including stone fruit pith, spice and some wonderful herbaceous notes. Finish is long and rich. Excellent example of rousanne aging potential.

2013 vintage

This wine came as part of the Spring 2023 allocation. This is my first time with a 10-year-old white wine. The mouth is aking spice, stone fruit, baked pear, and vanilla, with a butterscotch finish. I would have scored higher if there would have been more(any) acidity to provide some lift.

2013 vintage

In my 2017 TN I wrote "not sure if there's much in here to evolve". Well, there was. This was outstanding from PnP and even drank well with ~1/3 bottle stoppered and consumed two nights later. Like BVAL, my bottle was included with a recent club shipment and so would have been stored in ideal conditions. Depth and richness, honey, spice, marzipan, all in harmony with yet enough acid to keep it from ever getting boring or heavy. BVAL's March …

2013 vintage

Received as part of the current Vinsider shipment from Tablas: held by them at the winery since release 10 years ago (so cool). Couldn't hold off trying this (I waited a full 2 days after it arrived) and it showed off the classic tertiary Roussanne notes I was hoping for. Color/App: deep yellow core with gold tints; medium + viscosity. Stellar, mature Roussanne bouquet of beeswax and lanolin, golden raisins, peach pit and a touch of honey. Palate not quite …

2013 vintage

Brilliant gold, full bodied, almost viscous. Baking spice, stone fruit, baked pear, creamy vanilla, excellent with shrimp scampi!!

2013 vintage

Dark yellow in glass. Mineral, aged citrus, hints of ginger, yellow stone fruit, pear, honey, well balanced acidity with moderate long finish. Rich and full with clean expression, some tertiary notes coming on, aging gracefully. Drink up. Enjoyable before, during and after dinner. Grilled pork shops, sauteed garden Russian kale, fennel salad. Great complement to food.

2013 vintage

WIML90 Tasted non blind. Yellow color in the glass, clear looking throughout. Nose of brown spices, Windex and wet stones. Flavors of cinnamon, yellow pears and lemon drop. Medium acidity, medium to full bodied. Drink or hold.

2013 vintage

Interesting with all the different perspectives. I loved this with my wife’s chicken. In balance and with hazelnut and pine nut flavors. Certainly a good wine. Purchased at the winery and shipped to Baltimore.

2013 vintage

I think it might have gone off. It tasted overly sweet to me

2013 vintage

PnP. I can only think that I did not give this wine enough air before consuming. There was virtually no nose. The palate had a medium plus mouthfeel, some minerality, and juicy acidity, but little to no fruit character-- even by the end of the one hour meal. There was, however, some bitterness on the finish.

2013 vintage

Drinking well, but slightly past peak. Recommended for finishing sooner than later.

2006 vintage

Med/- gold color. Opens up very subtle nose, very mineral palate. With 10 minutes in the glass, peach fruit emerges on a long finish. Palate softened up, after initially some hard and edged iceberg-iness. Had a hard extract edge, sto has it but the billowing fruit balances it out.

2006 vintage

Ready to drink IMO, not sure if there's much in here to evolve, but I could be surprised. Mid-weight for the varietal with medium acidity, touches of tropical fruit, citrus zest, and a spiciness. Long, but not deep, finish.

2013 vintage

Very complex. A tad sweet. Worked good with thanksgiving.

2013 vintage

Beautiful golden color to it. Has a nice rich and creamy texture of honey and minerals right in the beginning. The fruit is peach, pear, and melon. Also, has sort of a nutty characteristic to it. Medium acidity and finish.

2013 vintage

Tasted at the winery, no formal tasting notes.

2013 vintage

Floral and nutty, nice finish with pleasantly integrated acid and tannins.

2013 vintage

Elegant full bodied Roussanne with light acidity and focus on soft rounded fruit. Aromas center on stone fruit (especially peach), light on citrus.

2013 vintage

Solid gold color. Stone fruit on the palate with a medium body.

2013 vintage

Lovely tropical wonderfulness with nice acid

2013 vintage

Melon, apple, lemon, mango, medium body acidity, minerality. Very complex, A-

2013 vintage

Medium to deep greenish-gold. Beautiful color. Strong lime, almond, floral aromas, together with typical Roussane waxy notes and some minerality. Some oak is evident, but it is subtle. Thick, viscous mouthfeel, low to medium acidity, light bitterness on the medium I tension finish. Textbook Roussanne.

2013 vintage

Lovely - still drinking very well.

2006 vintage

Deep burnished yellow; bright and clear. Good legs. Very shy nose; delicate with minerals and slightly creamy. Shows up more on the palate, where it is ethereally light, precise, focused and balanced. Mid palate the wine unfolds to show off fine rich flavors and concentration. Builds to a rich even powerful finish. 4-11-16-8: 89/100.

2013 vintage

Rhone Rangers DC (Longview Gallery - Washington, DC) : Creamy, floral, orange peels, honey, sweet peaches, notes of tea, nougat. Flowers for days.

2013 vintage

Very impressed by the deep gold color this has gained over the years. Quince and honey on the nose, which leads to butter and toast on the palate. Medium to full bodied, with a depth and richness to match the color. Much of the acidity is gone, but the finish lingers.

2006 vintage

always a different white wine, hairy tongue texture and lemon taste that retains a slight bitterness. Paired beautifully with a grouper and grilled artichoke dish

2006 vintage

Drunk on cruise

2006 vintage

Pleasant, subtle, no notes taken.

2006 vintage

Rich, nicely dry, worked extremely well paired gazpacho with fennel and Pernot.

2006 vintage

Excellent white that manages to have thick, voluptuous texture along with a sense of lift to the white fruit, orange honey, and light spice flavors. The nose features creamy vanilla and lemon verbana with a tropical twist. This wine has a deep, nutty persistence. Totally delicious, this exceeded my reasonably high expectations based on the previous vintage. I agree that it shows especially well at or slightly cooler than cellar temperature. PS: I paid $16 for this!?????? One of my …

2006 vintage

A nice rousanne, but suffers the comparison to its bigger brother, the Esprit de Beaucastel blanc. That said, some time to warm up does wonders, adding weight, layers and softness to this wine, which is a bit harsh right out of the chute. I share the view raised in earlier reviews that this should be served warmer than refrigerator temperatures. Starts out at 88pts, evolves to 90.

2006 vintage

92pts, smooth start to a fine wine, deep straw color, a nose of spice, honey, lemon; nice long finish everyone like it when we drank it; as it opened up it got deeper mouth feel

2006 vintage

Medium gold...still that nod towards the usual citrus elements on the nose with a accent on oranges and tropical fruit. A good entry and medium grip at mid palate with the accent...again...on orange marmalade, in a good way. Good balance and easy to drink.

2006 vintage

Clean floral nose. Smooth mouth with a bit of honey, lemon, and some coconut. Long rich finish.

2006 vintage

Just fantastic, once again. Bright gold in color. Delicious aromas of hay and chamomile. The flavor spectrum is of honey melon, lifted by citrus notes. Heavier in the mouth than many whites, this has mineral inflections that keep the wine interesting.

2006 vintage

Excellent, well-made wine. Served with a strongly flavoured fish dish, and matched the food perfectly. Strong, muscular white with great intensity and long finish. Has a kind of Chablis feel to it - minerally is a word which comes to mind - but the flavour profile is different. Loved the wine, but it's now sold out at the winery.

2006 vintage

Very nice wine, very complex flavors and aromas yet still retained a sense of elegance. Tablas Creek is such a solid producer.

2006 vintage

Grabbed and opened this by mistake...that's ok, went great with home made tacos...firm enough to balance with the food and tasty enough to finish all to quickly.

2006 vintage

Ooooh, I love this wine. Had it with halibut last night and it brought out more of the sweet undertones than when drinking it while cooking. Aroma is lavender, honey and a hint of lemon meringue - but not a sweet wine. Nice and dry, with a warm silky feel in the mouth. Better when it is warmer, I believe that this should be drunk at cellar temp, not chilled.

2006 vintage

pale gold color, with hints of honey and lemon that give way to asian spice (coriander, cardamum) rich mineral palate which has a bit of a sake profile when cold out of the fridge and gives way to more conventional flavors as it warms. deep base note finish for a white

2006 vintage

Ripe fruit with peach, chalk, lush mouthfeel and tart acidity on the finish.

2006 vintage

Medium gold color and a very citrusy nose that had a strong leaning toward oranges and a tart pineapple backing...very nice. Velvety fruit grip that enveloped the tounge lightly, but was then strong enough to give ample hang time on the finish. This is good stuff showing several layers of rounded personality as it warmed in the glass...

2006 vintage

Nose bursts with orange honeysuckle and tropical fruits (mango and pineapple?); palate is dry, with luscious white fruit (nectarines perhaps), and a bit of peach pit. Deliciously fun wine.

2006 vintage

Very full and rich. I did not guess Roussanne. Classy. vg

2006 vintage

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