Rew C.
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So our last stop the wine tasting day with my good friend, @Robert J no I guess that doesn't work!! So anyway we arrived at the last place of Whitehall Lane Winery which stands prominently on Route 29 just before you get to St. Helena business area. We got in and spoke to Jake and unfortunately it was Jake's first week there and he didn't know much but he did walk us way out back to their outside patio! Where we finished the bubbles that we were poured earlier!! And then Jake brought us a mini cheese plate which was really nice!! Then we tried their Sauvignon Blanc and it was delicious I gave it a 4.1 and said this: Quite delicious SB and it had flavors of citrus, pear skin, Meyer lemon, grapefruit pith, green apple, and minerality and some jalapeño which is great!! Then we tried the Chardonnay from Petaluma Gap which has 30% new oak, the rest Stainless steel!
I like it- it's a great wine! It's a nice balance between Chablis and Napa Chardonnay with medium minus acidity and easy drinking well with flavors of toast and buerre and citrus!! And then we had Jake's version of Pinot Noir which is a simple fruity style not the best wine. And after that we had the Cabernet named Mancino Lanciatore Casual elegance and from a rougher styled wine, as described by Jake from the winery!!
It is more casual than the other cabs I've experienced today!! It has softer flavors of Blackberry juice and oak, vanilla, blueberry, cherry, cedar, light tobacco, baking spice, it's an easy drinker!!
And finally we tried the big Daddy of their Cabs named from the Leonardini Vineyard Exquisite 100% Cabernet Sauvignon and it's from a prime vineyard in St. Helena at $125.00 the higher end for this winery!!
I get intricate flavors of oak cherry blackberry jam, plum, chewing tobacco, old leather pants, bittersweet chocolate, toast, cedar box, and white pepper!! Excellent wine. Afterwards we went back up to the tasting room and tried their Malbec Quality Malbec with great body. It's full bodied and has tannins. 99% Malbec and 1% Merlot with flavors of blueberry, old leather, oak, fresh rolling tobacco, cherry, smoke, forest floor, earthiness, with great body and medium plus tannins and medium acidity! And lastly we had their dessert wine, named Belimuscato made from Orange Muscat and it has flavors of honey peach apricot dried apricot!! And I rated it 4.4/5.0. Then we were done and both of us purchased the SB and I also got the Chardonnay and the Malbec at a 30% industry discount!!