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| Drinking window: Drink between 2009 and 2013 (based on 45 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 91.4 pts. and median of 91 pts. in 12 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by The Drunken Cyclist on 11/19/2011 & rated 92 points: No formal note, but this was outstanding. A little subdued initially and through the mid-palate, but on the finish? This was sublime. Truly remarkable. (3055 views) | | | Tasted by Edclr on 7/26/2010 & rated 92 points: getting better as it ages. Same flavor profile as last year, , but everything a bit more pronounced. Acidity still very nice, low alcohol. (3017 views) | | | Tasted by j.michael.kilgore on 1/17/2010 & rated 96 points: Beautifully made. Drinks more like Puligny than a Californian. Pineapple, pear, peach and oak. Cream upfront, nice acidty, great mineral notes on the finish. Wish I could buy more (3426 views) | | | Tasted by cns on 9/2/2009 & rated 91 points: Let this sit for another year. Definitely ready now, but it could use a bit more time to integrate the slight bit of oak. Enough minerality there to make it a very nice wine now, though. (3160 views) | | | Tasted by Edclr on 8/30/2009 & rated 90 points: mersault-like, wet stones, nice acidity, good balance (3108 views) | | | Tasted by milesdavis on 4/17/2009 & rated 88 points: Failla tasting at Cafe Boa
too oaky for me - typical Cali Chard - crisp and clean, nice starter but not my speed (2025 views) | | | Tasted by Caeldavis on 12/22/2008: Exhibits good, crisp white pear, white peach, and some wet stones in a medium-bodied, Burgundian style of wine with crisp acidity, nice freshness and a subtle use of oak. Russian River Valley 100% Chardonnay (1779 views) | | | Tasted by 1800kidney on 9/1/2008 & rated 90 points: Big Oak up front, but only 33% new oak...seemed to blow off. Big Cali Chardonnay, buttery and quite pleasant. Nice color, 14.1% alcohol. Has enough minerality and acidity to carry it through, will definitely improve with time (1686 views) |
| Failla Producer websiteChardonnay The Chardonnay GrapeKeefer Ranch Details on weinlagen-infoUSAAmerican 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.California2021 vintage: "Unlike almost all other areas of the state, the Russian River Valley had higher than normal crops in 2021, which has made for a wine of greater generosity and fruit forwardness than some of its stablemates." - Morgan Twain-Peterson Sonoma CountyMendocino CountyRussian River Valley Russian River Valley Winegrowers Association | Wikipedia |
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