Nose: bruised apple, honey, and orange marmalade. Reminds me quite a bit of Sauternes.
Palate: Very fresh, bright acidity, lemon and apple peel. Classic oxidative notes. Slight oak come through but not overpowering. Finishes with a strong salinity and minerality, almost meaty. Very savory. Quite oily and mouth coating thickness. Long finish. Very elegant and well integrated wine.
Drank at cellar temperature, I felt it showed better at cellar temp. Once it started to warm up I felt it started to hide some of the tertiary flavors. Popped and poured straight from the bottle with no decant, definitely improved in the glass after 10-15 minutes.
Very drinkable now but still a young wine, can absolutely age longer.
This is my first LdH white and I am very impressed. This 2016 Gravonia is the current release from LdH. I purchased 6 bottles and will leave some to cellar to see how they evolve with some age. I have a number of 2012 and 2013 Vina Tondonia Blancos that I picked up recently, but decided to open up a Gravonia first. I think I will need to try one of the Tondonia Blancos very soon to compare with the Gravonia. Definitely exceeded my expectations after reading so much about these whites.
93 points
$36 USD
Johnbonham1980
Really wish I could get any of their whites locally… doesn’t even distribute here.
N7777777
Over 2O years ago I was in a neighborhood store on the upper west side of Manhattan and the owner, Andy Besch (author of The Wine Guy) was raving about this. He explained to another customer about the aging, oxidation, etc. And he said “Kevin Bacon orders a case of this from me every month.” So I turned the famous “6 degrees” into 2 degrees by buying one, but from there the LdH adventure had just begun. The Gravonia was $17 then, which I still considered above my every-day price range. Then ~2 years later it was at our first wedding anniversary that the tasting menu at Stone Barns included red Tondonia Reserva. And then I picked up 6 bottles of Tondonia blanco 89 for $33 each at PJ’s (just before they shot up.) …. and then there is Rosado…
Mgbracer80
Yes!
zappapostrophe
Love me some R. Lopez! Great notes.
Dfresh770
I ordered two bottles from Vivino earlier this year and they were both cooked. Bummer.
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100% Viura
Color: Light gold/yellow
Nose: bruised apple, honey, and orange marmalade. Reminds me quite a bit of Sauternes.
Palate: Very fresh, bright acidity, lemon and apple peel. Classic oxidative notes. Slight oak come through but not overpowering. Finishes with a strong salinity and minerality, almost meaty. Very savory. Quite oily and mouth coating thickness. Long finish. Very elegant and well integrated wine.
Drank at cellar temperature, I felt it showed better at cellar temp. Once it started to warm up I felt it started to hide some of the tertiary flavors. Popped and poured straight from the bottle with no decant, definitely improved in the glass after 10-15 minutes.
Very drinkable now but still a young wine, can absolutely age longer.
This is my first LdH white and I am very impressed. This 2016 Gravonia is the current release from LdH. I purchased 6 bottles and will leave some to cellar to see how they evolve with some age. I have a number of 2012 and 2013 Vina Tondonia Blancos that I picked up recently, but decided to open up a Gravonia first. I think I will need to try one of the Tondonia Blancos very soon to compare with the Gravonia. Definitely exceeded my expectations after reading so much about these whites.
93 points
$36 USD
Really wish I could get any of their whites locally… doesn’t even distribute here.
Over 2O years ago I was in a neighborhood store on the upper west side of Manhattan and the owner, Andy Besch (author of The Wine Guy) was raving about this. He explained to another customer about the aging, oxidation, etc. And he said “Kevin Bacon orders a case of this from me every month.” So I turned the famous “6 degrees” into 2 degrees by buying one, but from there the LdH adventure had just begun. The Gravonia was $17 then, which I still considered above my every-day price range. Then ~2 years later it was at our first wedding anniversary that the tasting menu at Stone Barns included red Tondonia Reserva. And then I picked up 6 bottles of Tondonia blanco 89 for $33 each at PJ’s (just before they shot up.) …. and then there is Rosado…
Yes!
Love me some R. Lopez! Great notes.
I ordered two bottles from Vivino earlier this year and they were both cooked. Bummer.