Welcome to Joel, a new contributor! He sent me this review with the comment that “I tune in from time to time and see what people are sipping on so I thought I would take a second and through my hat into the ring with this review.” And a good hat it is, too.
--- Joel's Review ---
As with everyone else these days it seems that whites are the order of the day. Here are my thoughts on the Conundrum.
Produced by Caymus this is one of those "everything but the kitchen sink wines" made up of a number of unnamed grapes.
Day bright moderate gold straw color with watery rim.
Intense nose of stone fruit and perfume and fresh citrus, orange blossom.
Medium plus to full body wine. Fruit forward with moderate plus acidity and moderate plus length on the finish.
Very aromatic white with what I would guess to have a good bit of Viognier and Chardonnay. I'm having a hard time to figure if there is oak or just a lot of texture from malo fermentation.
All in all a good white with lots of guts...a nice alternative to a full Chardonnay. Was great with some simple sea food and citrus flavors.
A bit on the $$ side. Also for me I tend to go towards more lean and crisp styles of white.
Price $35
Value 3/5
Score 87
Region: California
Grape: Sauvignon blanc, Chardonnay, Muscat, Viognier (other unspecified)
UPC: 017224707134
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I wonder what vintage this was? I found the 2005 to be very nice 90pt wine; you could get so many layers of flavor and texture. However, the currently available 2007 was a dissappointment for the $$, it seems to have gotten a little off balanced. I have not had the 2006.
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I have found this wine to be wonderful in the past, but the price tag has always stopped me from buying it.
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