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 Vintage2007(NOTE: Label borrowed from 2004 vintage.)
TypeWhite
ProducerRombauer Vineyards (web)
VarietyChardonnay
Designationn/a
Vineyardn/a
CountryUSA
RegionCalifornia
SubRegionNapa Valley
AppellationCarneros
UPC Code097921770105

Community Tasting History

Community Tasting Notes (average 90.6 pts. and median of 91 pts. in 141 notes)

 Tasted by rpenn77 on 2/7/2010 & rated 93 points: (133 views)
 Tasted by rpenn77 on 2/7/2010 & rated 93 points: (128 views)
 Tasted by vine20 on 2/5/2010 & rated 88 points: Bright honey colored with a nose of light, fresh citrus. Orange is evident with notes of licorice and spearmint. The acidity and alcohol is a bit high and out of balance and the oak is too strong giving a flabby structure. (223 views)
 Tasted by dedas1 on 2/4/2010 & rated 91 points: Clean, low acidity. Pears, apples, touches of pineapples. Great wine, one of my favorite whites. (296 views)
 Tasted by az_gblair on 1/31/2010 & rated 91 points: (187 views)
 Tasted by mmyette on 1/26/2010 & rated 90 points: Stark contrast to the Freestone ovation. Oak and butter, but not overwhelming. Soft and easily approachable. Lacks the laserlike focus of naked chards, but I don't think that was their intention. (475 views)
 Tasted by wineboat on 1/23/2010 & rated 92 points: getting a little melon coming thru in addition to the other comments earlier. A Cab drinkers Chard. (454 views)
 Tasted by cgrimes on 1/14/2010 & rated 87 points: Golden color. Nose of apple, butter, nuts, oak. Similar on the palate. Fair acidity. A bit over the top for my palate. (704 views)
 Tasted by rpenn77 on 1/14/2010 & rated 92 points: (405 views)
 Tasted by paulst on 12/26/2009 & rated 86 points: Light body; flabby fruit; short finish. (927 views)
 Tasted by masonjp on 12/24/2009 & rated 91 points: Oak and butter yummy goodness. Very good Chard!! (935 views)
 Tasted by rpenn77 on 12/20/2009 & rated 93 points: (778 views)
 Tasted by rpenn77 on 12/20/2009 & rated 92 points: (765 views)
 Tasted by rjrausch on 12/11/2009 & rated 85 points: Toasty oak and almond nose which translates to the palate. A little hot. A dirty citrus flavor. I have tasted better Chards for cheaper. (1319 views)
 Tasted by Ridgeguy on 12/10/2009 & rated 91 points: Poured over a nice Thanksgiving dinner. Everything that I love about Rombauer was here again. Big, buttery chard with lots of vanilla and pear. Deep golden yellow color, I will always come back to these. (1388 views)
 Tasted by brigcampbell on 12/7/2009 & rated 92 points: straw color, bright in the glass. nose of butter, pear and floral hints. Great mouthfeel and nice finish. (1429 views)
 Tasted by mdkraft99 on 12/1/2009 & rated 90 points: Very nice Chardonnay; golden yellow color, great balance of fruit and oak/buttery flavors, nice finish. (1499 views)
 Tasted by WAWINEFAN on 11/29/2009 & rated 90 points: The quintessential chardonnay. Deep color, buttery and nice citrus flavors. (1430 views)
 Tasted by sbrehmer on 11/17/2009 & rated 87 points: Big butter all the way through. Like Pop Secret - Movie Theater Butter. Mild green apple with nice acidity. Great golden color, apple, oak and butter on the nose. Good chardonnay, but I'd say the Rombauer hype is officially over. Not a great QPR. Would not buy this one again. (1731 views)
 Tasted by tomlbs on 11/16/2009 & rated 90 points: (1163 views)
 Tasted by gtoman67z on 11/11/2009 & rated 90 points: (1195 views)
 Tasted by bin905 on 11/10/2009 & rated 91 points: Rich, melon, pear, pineapple, vanilla, butter with good acidity. (1821 views)
 Tasted by Joelene on 11/8/2009 & rated 91 points: Very nice Chard. Fresh and crisp nice citrus orange peel violets nose, nice silky mouthfeel, with grapfruit honeydew flavors coming though, no single notes dominating, nice ballance nice crispness but without that steel taste that sometimes co mes through on a lot of Cali Chards, went really nice with the smoked salmon hors d'oeuvres (1831 views)
 Tasted by winittis on 11/1/2009 & rated 89 points: Big Oak, vanilla, buttery, creamy. (1957 views)
 Tasted by rpenn77 on 10/30/2009 & rated 92 points: (1310 views)
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Professional 'Channels'
By Gary Vaynerchuk
Wine Library TV, Carneros Wines Picked By A Facebook Fan - Episode #635 (3/4/2009)
(Rombauer Carneros Chardonnay) #3; VaynerPAZZZ; COLOR-medium golden; NOSE-no denying the oak & buttered popcorn; w/ sliced apples; TASTE-the butter bandit is here; goopy and over bearing, but an interesting wine; good acidity on the mid-palate, but very goopy on the back-end; I like it; it's a nice Chard, but I feel I can get this buttered oak play for $13-15 Chards; I'm perplexed why this is so popular; GV-87  87 points
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