6.5

a sour sav that’s saved by its sweatiness

SHORT DESCRIPTION

• CLEAN
• SOUR
• GRASSY
• DRY
• LIGHT
• SWEATY BUT NOT SWEATY ENOUGH

LONG DESCRIPTION

I was really excited to see that the Bottle Shop on E Passyunk had this back in stock. I really loved the 2018 Lobster Reef… it was heavy on the weird sweaty taste I love so much about SB. I’m currently drinking it in the 90 degree sun (out on my stoop in an XL cut off and soffee shorts as south philly tradition requires) which is the most ideal situation for SB consumption but I’m finding myself a little disappointed. My taste buds might be blunted from all the straight gin and Lysol fumes I’ve been consuming over the last two months but the 2019 Lobster Reef has a sour sweet aftertaste I don’t remember from older varieties. It’s still really good. It just doesn’t have that grape jawn I love so much about SB.

At only $15 (special marked up bottle shop price… it’s like $11 online) it’s a pretty solid quarantine SB. Feel like this is definitely an SB for white wine lovers. Not my favorite anymore, though. But I can’t say I’m upset to continue my search for the weirdest, driest, sweatiest SB that Philly has to offer.