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| Community Tasting Notes (average 91.1 pts. and median of 91 pts. in 17 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by bayareadodgerfan on 4/2/2022 & rated 95 points: This wine is gorgeous. Deep gold color with pronounced aroma intensity. Many layers of aroma including highlights of lemon, lemon curd, melon, pineapple, spice, vanilla and oak. On the palate, similar flavor profile with incredible creamy and full body. This wine still has a strong acid backbone and pronounced fruit flavors which suggests further aging is advisable. Glad I still have some more bottles - but this is drinking beautifully now. (876 views) | | | Tasted by bayareadodgerfan on 12/25/2021 & rated 92 points: Decanted for about 45 minutes. This wine is perfect right now. Great lemon, tropical and spice aromas. Similar flavors on palate, with the wine still having great acidity and minerality. Really delicious! (730 views) | | | Tasted by Jack Cranley on 12/4/2021 & rated 93 points: Tasted at the winery December 2021. Spectacular.
Immediately offers massive minerality. Wet pavement, chalkboard, river rocks etc.
Holding up great - putting on some nice golden color, a little weight in the mid palate. A truly remarkable Chardonnay (817 views) | | | Tasted by GregBates on 2/14/2021: Yummy (1063 views) | | | Tasted by GregBates on 10/13/2020 & rated 91 points: Well aged, delicious, with roasted chicken, raclette roasted potatoes, heaven (1037 views) | | | Tasted by OenoEd on 5/24/2020 & rated 90 points: My last bottle; consistent notes with prior two. Clearly, this is fading out, as the finish has shortened and has too much bitter wood. Still, I used some in a coconut shellfish stock mussel broth, and had the rest with the mussels, and it was swell. Drink up. (793 views) | | | Tasted by OenoEd on 6/17/2019 & rated 91 points: Has held up fairly well: the nose, particularly, is beautiful with toasty pretzels, butter almond ice cream, sage and clean linen. Well made, no off notes, simply creamy (lactic), and delicious, finishing notes of almond butter and kiwi fruits, butterscotch toffee as
it warms. I’ll hold my last bottle for another year and see what happens. Enjoyed it tonight with shrimp parmesan and garlicky swiss chard. (822 views) | | | Tasted by OenoEd on 11/24/2017 & rated 91 points: Aroma of brazil nuts and cashews, pine needles. Rich and fleshy, but missing the acidity to create real structure. Ripe pear, peach skins, and vanilla oak. Delicious, straightforward, if not complex or important. This worked beautifully with a simple grilled veal chop, and swordfish. Regrettably overpriced by $30. (1176 views) | | | Tasted by lisavanwagner on 5/17/2017 & rated 92 points: 12.8% alc., 263 cases, $75. 100% Gran Moraine Vineyard planted in 2005 in Willakenzie soils. Unfined and unfiltered. · Moderately light golden yellow color and clear in the glass. Inviting aromas of lemon, pear, honey and roasted nuts. Demure, clean and bright, with juicy flavors of lemon, white peach and vanilla. Quite focused and harmonious, with well integrated acidity and a pleasingly succulent citrus-fueled finish. (917 views) |
| Beaux Frères Producer Website
Since our first vintage in 1991, the Beaux Frères philosophy remains the same; to produce a world-class Pinot Noir from small, well-balanced yields and ripe, healthy fruit that represents the essence of our vineyard. In pursuit of these goals, the Beaux Frères Vineyard is planted with tightly spaced vines, and yields are kept to some of the lowest in our industry. The grapes are harvested when physiologically (rather than analytically) ripe.
Our winemaking philosophy is one of minimal intervention with clean fermentations utilizing indigenous yeast. The wines are stored in French oak for 10 to 12 months adjusting the percentage of new oak to compliment the wine the vintage has given us. Beaux Frères is never racked until it is removed from barrel for bottling, which occurs without fining or filtration. These non-manipulative, uncompromising methods guarantee a wine that is the most natural and authentic vineyard expression possible. Previous vintages demonstrate that these methods also allow our Beaux Frères to develop significant perfume, weight, and texture in the bottle.Chardonnay The Chardonnay GrapeUSAAmerican wine has been produced since the 1500s, with the first widespread production beginning in New Mexico in 1628. Today, wine production is undertaken in all fifty states, with California producing 84% of all U.S. wine. The continent of North America is home to several native species of grape, including Vitis labrusca, Vitis riparia, Vitis rotundifolia, and Vitis vulpina, but the wine-making industry is based almost entirely on the cultivation of the European Vitis vinifera, which was introduced by European settlers. With more than 1,100,000 acres (4,500 km2) under vine, the United States is the fourth-largest wine producing country in the world, after Italy, Spain, and France.Oregon Oregon Wine, Oregon Wineries (Oregon Wine Board)Willamette Valley Willamette Valley Wineries Association | Willamette Valley (Oregon Wine Board)
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Yamhill-CarltonThe vineyards of the Yamhill-Carlton District were planted mostly in the late 1980’s and early 1990’s. The primary soil of this area is called Willakenzie, named after the Willamette and McKenzie rivers. It is a sedimentary soil with a sandstone base rock. The sand content is quite high and the soil therefore very well drained. The sites are generally on the lower slopes of a volcanic ridge. Wines of the area possess aromas of red and black fruits, with added elements of cocoa, leather and fresh-turned earth. Acidity levels are generally lower than other regions, prompting these wines to be lush and agreeable in their youth.
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