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| Community Tasting Notes (average 91.1 pts. and median of 91 pts. in 74 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by clutj on 6/12/2022 & rated 92 points: Still great, has some years left (521 views) | | | Tasted by clutj on 11/3/2021 & rated 91 points: Good acidity, layers of flavors, not so much the Chablis style I recall from older vintages, more oak in the mix (767 views) | | | Tasted by SMagowan on 6/27/2020 & rated 92 points: Drank a couple of weeks ago. Can’t remember details. It was very good. I would say there is a window to 2023. 92+ (1350 views) | | | Tasted by galewskj on 8/18/2019 & rated 90 points: Looking over my notes from previous vintages of this wine, there seems to be a lot of vintage difference, or the wine changes considerably with age. I compared the 2015 to a Chablis, only weaker and less interesting. This one had significant oak, and stylistically seemed very California in a balanced way. $30 seems appropriate. (1770 views) | | | Tasted by wineoracle on 8/17/2019 & rated 92 points: Pale golden color white peach herb and hints of citrus on the nose minerality with crisp clean acidity. Great bottle of Chardonnay. (1557 views) | | | Tasted by wineoracle on 7/25/2019 & rated 91 points: Too late to recall note but myself and others all really enjoyed. (1436 views) | | | Tasted by Vinophiliac559 on 3/20/2019: This is my favorite bottling of LF chard in 2014. For me other usual go-to's golden slope and four just didnt show up in '14. White hill acidity and minerality with a nice burst of lemon and green apple. Still slightly reductive but has been progressing nicely. (1658 views) | | | Tasted by short and confused on 11/12/2018 & rated 93 points: Great Cali chard! Light, gold tinged straw. Spicy, white orchard fruit with honeysuckle, smokey lees, sweet butter and stone all with very good acidity. This doesn't taste like Burgundy but seems to nod on that direction. I am going to keep buying this stuff. (1549 views) | | | Tasted by JM_MadTown on 8/12/2018 & rated 89 points: This is an interesting central coast Chardonnay with notes of tropical fruit, citrus and good minerality. I also appreciate that the oak is in balance, but it is a little hollow on the finish. (1333 views) | | | Tasted by Cabernet4me2 on 8/1/2018 & rated 92 points: This was a rock solid 92!
No formal notes taken, drank with friends at the Hollywood Bowl, and after having an Aubert & Kongs, in previous weeks, this LF could hang out with the big boys!! Considering the entry price, amazing QPR!!
Was in a great drinking window, and tasted no signs of any 'tiredness' so this easily has 5+ years under its belt. So good, gonna start looking up to add some more bottles to the cellar!!
92+ (1702 views) | | | Tasted by slywka7 on 7/26/2018 & rated 91 points: Aromas of mineral and nut. Nose was really shut down. May be too cold. Flavors of buttered popcorn, tropical fruit, citrus and touch of mineral. Ends with a buttered popcorn and nut finish of 25 seconds. I think this was served too cold. Will try to try again once warmer. This did have more old world notes then new world. Different from the previous time i had it. (1486 views) | | | Tasted by Vinophiliac559 on 5/4/2018 & rated 92 points: Fri Night Blinds (château du Chevlin): 91-92 This did very well considering the tough competition, tasted double blind with Aubert & Raveneau. My contribution and I was hoping based on a few previous reviews may trip us up a bit. Whole group called CA, however did show very nice and one taster identified as Aubert. Very good acid, solid mineral presence, lemon, fruit was a touch ripe and more fruity than the Rav. (1859 views) | | | Tasted by Vietty on 11/27/2017: Very enjoyable chardonnay, rich fruit but with moderate acidity. Nice long finish. I thought there was maybe 10% new oak, but it's 10% steel and 90% neutral barrels. I don't drink white wine often and only recently started branching into tasting a few white Burgundy wines. Drinking this wine I thought I would have a hard time guessing this was CA vs FR if blinded. (2044 views) | | | Tasted by AllRed on 11/4/2017 & rated 92 points: Courtesy of tlv. Consistent with prior notes. A very mineral- and citrus-driven wine with bright acidity. Precise. (1806 views) | | | Tasted by AllRed on 8/13/2017 & rated 92 points: Second Sunday Group: 2014 Chassagne-Montrachet (Neil's): Double blind. Bright yellow with a slight green tint. Aromas of toasted orchard fruit with lemony citrus and stony mineral notes underneath. The palate pretty much follows the bouquet, though the citrus is more of a lemon curd than freshly cut. Picks up a hint of mineral in the bright, lingering finish. Good underlying acidity. I was convinced this was a 2014 Meursault. 92-93 pts. (2261 views) | | | Tasted by mjf@ulkner on 8/12/2017 & rated 91 points: Light yellow. White peach, pear, and ripe lemon notes. Just a hint of spiced oak on the finish. Medium bodied, with crisp fresh acidity. Good with and without food. (1735 views) | | | Tasted by Acohen on 6/20/2017 & rated 91 points: lovely pear, minerality and depth of flavor and intense finish (1736 views) | | | Tasted by Neecies on 5/27/2017 & rated 94 points: Superb; best CA chardonnay I've had in years. Minerally old world nose on restrained new world fruit results in a very complex understated elegance. LOVE LOVE LOVED it. (1555 views) | | | Tasted by cubswinws on 5/18/2017 & rated 90 points: Nice plush Calif chardonnay. (1429 views) | | | Tasted by nicefish on 5/8/2017 & rated 89 points: Pineapple, grapefruit and lemon on the nose. New world texture. Mid weight. Bright acidity. Nice finish. (1380 views) | | | Tasted by GTFreek on 4/25/2017: Medium plus nose shows yellow apple, yellow flowers, baked pear, mineral tone like limestone. Palate matches that, New World style but it's muted in that way, pineapple, lemon zest, limestone, pear, apple. Mid-palate doesn't shine but the finish does. Alcohol seems lower (13.5%), nicely elegant and smooth with complexity. (1428 views) | | | Tasted by Acohen on 3/18/2017 & rated 92 points: pear, apple and some minerality that was great with fresh seafood (1328 views) | | | Tasted by tomherer on 2/18/2017: Bottle purchase at Fog Bar Rockland, ME. Drinkable but based on all the positive feedback from CTers I follow + plus the full-time critics, this is an off bottle. Not corked, just a bit of a hot mess. Tiniest hints of salted butter, white flowers, and peach. And i mean tiniest. Otherwise it's raw with etoh and acid poking out everywhere, and finishing with a texture and flavor that's almost dishwater-y. By far the worst LF I've had, which again suggests an off bottle. If scoring, ~83. (1373 views) | | | Tasted by Jahull03 on 1/12/2017: lovely. leanest of the line-up, but not lean in the absolute sense - this is medium bodied. nice acidity, paired beautifully with food (fried lemon pasta, miso roast chicken)
sad when this bottle ran out! (1584 views) | | | Tasted by Dagman on 1/9/2017 & rated 92 points: The wine looks yellow gold colored. The legs are medium. There is no sediment in the bottle. It smells like pear, peach and peach blossom. It tastes like peach, lemon, vanilla and oak. The body is medium. The wine has smooth texture. The wine finishes medium. The wine has medium acidity. (1555 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
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Vinous, Santa Barbara: On the Road, Continued... (Sep 2016) (9/1/2016)
(Liquid Farm Chardonnay White Hill Central Coast) Subscribe to see review text. | By Richard Hemming, MW
JancisRobinson.com (2/22/2016)
(Liquid Farm, White Hill Chardonnay Sta Rita Hills White) Subscribe to see review text. | Decanter
(Liquid Farm, Chardonnay, Santa Barbara County, Santa Rita Hills, California, USA, White) Subscribe to see review text. | By Panel Tasting
Decanter, Californian Chardonnay
(Liquid Farm, White Hill, Sta. Rita Hills, Santa Barbara County, USA, White) Subscribe to see review text. |
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| Liquid Farm Producer website2014 Liquid Farm Chardonnay White HillThe leaner and more Chablisiane reminiscent of our two main Sta. Rita Hills Chardonnay bottlings, White Hill highlights the unique salinity that comes through in the ancient soils of Sta. Rita Hills.
PROFILE: mineral, yellow peach, fresh rain, Asian pear, salinity, candied ginger, lavender cream.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/
http://beveragetradenetwork.com/en/btn-academy/list-of-winegrowers-association-in-central-coast-california-274.htm
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