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AWARDS & REVIEWS
| 2006 Limited Selection Sauvignon Blanc |
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| "***** 5 STARS,Restaurant Wine, Issues 119 & 120" |
| "Fine Sauvignon: ripely flavored, full-bodied, lightly oaked, and long on the palate, with a persistent finish, tasting of apple, melon, lemon, toast, and lemon grass." |
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| 2005 Limited Selection Pinot Noir |
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| "***** 5 STARS,Restaurant Wine, Issue 119 & 120" |
| Velvety in texture and richly flavored, this is an excellent, firmly textured Pinot, with a long, lightly oaky finish. It tastes of pomegranate, black cherry, blueberry, toast, and cedar. |
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| "93 POINTS, Wine Enthusiast, December 2007" |
| Gainey's regular '05 was a beautiful wine. This is more full-bodied, richer and higher in alcohol, and merits its reserve status. It's a young wine, opulent in cherries and raspberries that have a baked pie-filling warmth, and complexed with cola, sweet leather, figs, pomegranates and dusty Asian spices. Very delicious now, it should develop additional complexities over the next six years." |
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| 2006 Limited Selection Riesling |
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| "WINE REVIEW ON LINE, July 31, 2007" |
| Describing sweetness or dryness in Riesling is tricky, and this wine proves the point. It has the almost full-bodied weight of a dry Riesling but it has 8 grams/liter of residual sugar, and yet crisp acidity that cuts through the sweetness. The net impression is that it's at the limit between dry and off-dry. It's also extremely fruity -- oranges, apples, peaches--and has luscious, soft, rich texture. This is a terrific California Riesling, for those who don't get hung up on the technical issue of sweetness. |
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| Gainey Vineyard |
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| "One of the Best Wineries to Visit on the Central Coast" |
| Wine Spectator Magazine |
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| "One of the top six 'powerhouses' of Santa Barbara County" |
| Food & Wine Magazine |
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| "Gainey Vineyard is one of the most beautiful wineries in the world." |
| The Los Angeles Times
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| "One of Santa Barbara County's finest wineries." |
| Robert M. Parker, Jr., The Wine Advocate |
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| "One of the leading Sauvignon Blanc producers in California." |
| Ronn Wiegand, Restaurant Wine |
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| "U.S. Great Producer of Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, and Riesling" |
| Wine Enthusiast Magazine |
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| "Winner of the "Chardonnay Challenge: Burgundy vs. California in a Blind Tasting"" |
| James Laube, Wine Spectator, November 1997 |
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