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| Drinking window: Drink between 2013 and 2017 (based on 36 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 89.5 pts. and median of 90 pts. in 25 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by dbenson9 on 2/16/2020 flawed bottle: Waited too long. (417 views) | | | Tasted by mattdathan on 4/16/2018 & rated 90 points: Still a great chardonnay! (582 views) | | | Tasted by mattdathan on 3/4/2017 & rated 89 points: Great but at the end of it's drinking window (708 views) | | | Tasted by MBrega on 1/4/2017 & rated 95 points: Light and mineral. Delicate. (830 views) | | | Tasted by cmmatthews on 9/3/2016 & rated 88 points: Much more traditional in style than I remember. (966 views) | | | Tasted by Doblk on 12/24/2015 & rated 87 points: Some interesting peach and apricot notes, some minerality, but not so interesting. Did not show well next to other CA Chardonnays in the low butter style. (985 views) | | | Tasted by mattdathan on 6/30/2015 & rated 90 points: Wonderfully smooth and integrated. After a while, the nose really opened up with floral notes mixed with cedar, leather and hints of wet earth and tobacco. Delicate, drinkable yet complex. (1022 views) | | | Tasted by automaticstatic on 6/12/2015 & rated 80 points: I purchased a bottle after tasting it at the winery, where it was bright and crisp. When I opened this bottle, it was flat and buttery with very diminished acidity compared to my recollection and none of the minerality I remembered. It tasted par for the course as California chards go, which is to say not good. (867 views) | | | Tasted by pocchia on 6/7/2015 & rated 88 points: Zesty and full bodied, looks golden in the glass. Stems up! (1068 views) | | | Tasted by Stockhausen on 1/26/2015: Tablas Creek vintage chart - as of jan 2015, early maturity, drink or hold, decanting recommended (948 views) | | | Tasted by mattdathan on 1/17/2015 flawed bottle: I think this was either corked or 'fried' - was thin and lacked any body (583 views) | | | Tasted by tcarter on 3/8/2014 & rated 91 points: Still very young, could use a little time in the bottle. (986 views) | | | Tasted by Martin Redmond on 11/21/2013 & rated 89 points: Slightly cloudy pale yellow gold color with slightly pungent pear, nectarine, and mineral aromas. On the palate, it's shows surprising amplitude with good acidity, and a creamy texture with pear, nectarine, mineral and a hint of lemon flavors. Lengthy finish. 13.7% alcohol. 390 cases produced. Enjoyed with steamed Dungeness Crab - mineral undertones paired especially well with claw meat! (919 views) |
| By Josh Raynolds
Vinous, November/December 2012, IWC Issue #165
(Tablas Creek Vineyard Chardonnay Antithesis Paso Robles) Subscribe to see review text. | By Antonio Galloni
Vinous, California's Central Coast: Better than Ever (Aug 2012)
(Tablas Creek Chardonnay Antithesis Paso Robles) Subscribe to see review text. |
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| Tablas Creek Producer website
Tablas Creek Vineyard, founded by the Perrin family of Chateau de Beaucastel and Robert Haas of Vineyard Brands, is dedicated to growing grape varieties traditional to France's Rhone Valley. The partners chose hilly western Paso Robles for its limestone soils, rugged terrain, and ocean influence. All Tablas Creek wines are estate grown using environmentally sustainable practices.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 Central Coasthttp://www.ccwinegrowers.org/links.html
http://www.discovercaliforniawines.com/regional-wine-organizations/
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Central Coast AVA WikipediaPaso Robles Paso Robles Wine Country Alliance
Set apart by unique climate and geography, Paso Robles Wine Country provides prime growing conditions for more than 40 varietals planted over 26,000 acres of vineyards. More than 300 wineries craft this fruit into premium wines, gaining recognition around the world. The fruit, the wines and the distinct environment have quickly made Paso Robles California's third largest and fastest growing wine region. |
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