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| Drinking window: Drink between 2015 and 2019 (based on 40 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 91.5 pts. and median of 91 pts. in 7 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by mbrengman on 1/18/2020 & rated 94 points: This wine has life. Beautiful gold. Pineapple and tropical fruits with strong acid backbone. Surprising and delicious (482 views) | | | Tasted by Duncan Wine on 3/26/2015 & rated 91 points: Golden yellow color. Aromas and a mouthful of flavors including lemon-lime, honeydew and grapefruit. Crisp and refreshing with a silky acidity. (1581 views) | | | Tasted by GTFreek on 2/5/2015: Beautiful nose, apple, buttery note but not overly so, palate is layered with different tastes, green and citrus fruits, slight funk, finishes with butterscotch, acidity medium plus, overall wow. Very good wine. (1375 views) |
| Three Sticks Producer websiteChardonnay The Chardonnay GrapeDurell VineyardOriginally planted in 1979 by Ed Durell, this famous vineyard is located in the southwestern foothills of the Sonoma Valley, north of the San Pablo Bay and east of the Petaluma Wind Gap. The site is characterized partly by its Region II climate, where conditions are moderated by the Bay and the Pacific Ocean effects, making it ideal for cool-climate Chardonnay and Pinot Noir grapes. The rocky, volcanic soils at Durell Vineyard create a challenging environment for the vines’ root system, yielding very small grape clusters that have tremendous concentration and power.USAAmerican 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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