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| Community Tasting Notes (average 90.5 pts. and median of 92 pts. in 18 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Coach C. on 8/14/2021 & rated 83 points: (Not typically a note taker for white wine)
Pale amber. Dried tropical fruit. Prior tasting notes from others suggest it’s well past it’s prime. Likely so, but hard to argue against it being a well structured wine that is still drinkable. A bit sweet, full bodied and lush. Oak and some caramel. (515 views) | | | Tasted by Minnesota on 7/31/2018 & rated 70 points: Flawed, used for cooking. Shame. (917 views) | | | Tasted by aacharya on 11/26/2016 flawed bottle: Bottle well past its prime. (1218 views) | | | Tasted by kenthecpa on 8/1/2016 & rated 93 points: Light golden green color. Drinking perfect right now. Drinking my 1st of a case. Happy I decided to try now. 10 minutes in and opening up.
Hazelnut nose. Love this! (1252 views) | | | Tasted by wine4lux on 12/27/2015 & rated 92 points: One of two chardonnays served at our wine tasting party- other was a Napa chardonnay from Alpha Omega (2009). The contrast in styles between the two wines was striking. The Martinelli was a much bigger wine, the tropical fruit was the primarily flavor profile. Our friends at the party preferred the Martinelli, largely based upon its stronger fruit profile. (1164 views) | | | Tasted by Didman on 7/24/2014 & rated 92 points: Lovely wine. Well balanced with nice fruit and just the right touch of oak. (1352 views) | | | Tasted by Deb293 on 3/15/2014 & rated 92 points: Longtime fan of Martinelli Chardonnay, and this one doesn't disappoint. It tends to favor the butterscotch/oak side of things, but not to the point of annoyance. Very full bodied, with a nice acidic lift at the back end, though there is a pronounced bit of heat, too. Long length...a serious wine. (1189 views) |
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| Martinelli Producer website
All of the Martinelli Estate vineyards are farmed by Lee Martinelli, Sr., and sons Lee, Jr., and George Martinelli. The wines are made by our winemaker, Helen Turley, and assistant winemaker, Bryan Kvamme. These handcrafted wines are un-fined, un-filtered, neither cold nor heat stabilized and may contain naturally occurring sediment.Chardonnay The Chardonnay GrapeZio Tony Ranch 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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