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| Community Tasting Notes (average 90.1 pts. and median of 90 pts. in 8 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by air guitar & pinot noir on 1/16/2009 & rated 91 points: This was an amazing find in the wine cooler. Brilliant yellow straw in color- approaching golden. Citrus aromas of lime and lemon butter. Tropical fruit flavors and honey with aromas of mineral, flint, and vanilla bean with a hint of apricot. Winery suggested to drink through 2006- but this was an excellent wine given its age. Still possessed freshness and brisk acidity. (2953 views) | | | Tasted by slogan on 8/25/2007 & rated 91 points: Very nice with grilled chicken breasts with olive oil and garlic. A touch of crispness, falling away to long lasting fruit. (3483 views) | | | Tasted by slogan on 7/15/2007 & rated 90 points: Nice fruit, a touch of oak, very nice, though a little warm (my fault). (3475 views) | | | Tasted by air guitar & pinot noir on 6/24/2007 & rated 91 points: An impressive Chardonnay from Flowers that possesses all of the quality I have come to expect from this fine winery. Named after the mothers of the winemakers this Chardonnay presents all of the features and flavors one would seek in this varietal. Brilliant, slightly straw color. Citrus aromas of lime and lemon butter. Subtle notes of melon and apricot. Some notes of vanilla, mineral and flint.Tropical fruit flavors with some honey and a long finsh with crisp acidity. (2870 views) | | | Tasted by slogan on 5/19/2007 & rated 88 points: A little flabby, but quite nice after about an hour in the glass. Not my favorite of theirs, but quite good. (3496 views) | | | Tasted by air guitar & pinot noir on 6/2/2006 & rated 91 points: This was the first bottle of the Andreen-Gale Cuvee from Flowers I have opened and tasted. It was chilled and needed to open and warm a bit to come out. A discreet nose and boquet. Taste was buttery and full, an accurate example of a Californian Chardonnay. It gained more flavor and complexity as it warmed in the glass. Great overall balance and flavor. (1029 views) |
| By Stephen Tanzer
Vinous, January/February 2006, IWC Issue #124
(Flowers Vineyard Chardonnay Andreen-Gale Cuvee Sonoma Coast) Subscribe to see review text. |
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| Flowers Producer website
As nursery owners in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Walt and Joan Flowers had long dreamed of combining their love of wine with their passion for agriculture. They knew they wanted to produce their favorite varietals, Chardonnay and Pinot Noir; what they didn’t know was that their path would eventually lead them across country to Northern California’s rugged Sonoma Coast. After responding to a small classified ad in a national wine publication, that’s exactly where they landed.
In 1989, after many information-gathering trips to Napa and Sonoma, Walt and Joan purchased 321 acres, including a ridge top, high above the Pacific Ocean on the northern Sonoma Coast. With the same determination they drew on to build their successful nursery business; the Flowers proceeded with the dream of producing their favorite cool-climate varietals in a place they believed uniquely suited to growing them.
Today, Flowers Winery produces Chardonnay and Pinot Noir from its two estate properties, Camp Meeting Ridge Vineyard and Sea View Ridge Vineyard, as well as select vineyards in the coolest regions of the Sonoma Coast AVA, which are farmed to Flowers’ specifications by their own crews. In addition to direct consumer sales, the wines are sold to fine restaurants and retailers in the US and overseas.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.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 CountySonoma Coast * Sonoma Coast AVA (Wikipedia)
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