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| Drinking Windows and Values |
| Drinking window: Drink between 2019 and 2021 (based on 87 user opinions) |
| Community Tasting History |
| Community Tasting Notes (average 89.3 pts. and median of 89 pts. in 22 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by JohnRachelWine on 2/16/2023 & rated 85 points: Color: golden yellow
Nose: floral, daffodils, a little honey, herbal spices
Palate: yellow notes, malo, mild oak
Mouthfeel: juicy, soft, full with a spicy finish
As someone who’s not a fan of malolactic chards, this is decent. Enough said. (482 views) | | | Tasted by Ben Christiansen on 1/11/2021: From magnum, exactly what you expect it to be. (1561 views) | | | Tasted by FruitFly on 11/14/2020 & rated 90 points: Appearance: Lemon
Nose: lemon, citrus, floral
Palate: Off-dry; high acidity; medium alc; medium body; flavors of lemon, peach, butter, vanilla
Finish: Medium
Quality: Very good
Additional comments: Nice tasting, semi-tart (acid), well-balanced, very drinkable, smooth (low heat), small bit late in the finish
100% Chardonnay, in 25% Oaked (1369 views) | | | Tasted by Cuellar's Cellar on 7/9/2020 & rated 90 points: A good Chard. Great price point. (1624 views) | | | Tasted by Glenn Gilbert on 6/17/2020 & rated 90 points: 14.4% alcohol; screw top; long legs, pale metallic golden yellow; tasted at approximately 10 degrees C; weak nose with hints of golden delicious apples, citrus, pineapple, and faint whiffs of butterscotch and vanilla; full mouthfeel with a fairly good balance of tannins versus sourness and fruitiness; the long finish has an initial hint of bitterness throwing its presence into the mix, morphing into a generic fragrant fruit towards the end; pair with Thai chicken prepared in an assortment of spices to taste; I'm torn between an 89 and 90 rating, with the intriguing finish deciding the case. (1582 views) | | | Tasted by Cuellar's Cellar on 5/27/2020 & rated 90 points: great wine. (1341 views) | | | Tasted by emcquaid on 5/15/2020 & rated 94 points: Notes of shortbread, lemon curd, vanilla, apple crumble (504 views) | | | Tasted by Cuellar's Cellar on 4/22/2020 & rated 90 points: a great everyday Chard! Highly recommend. Cheers (615 views) | | | Tasted by Ben Christiansen on 3/12/2020: 90% malo, 100% barrel, mostly neutral, 75% neutral, 25% new. Big rich chardonnay. (969 views) | | | Tasted by Navydame on 3/6/2020 & rated 86 points: Good value (469 views) | | | Tasted by The Drunken Cyclist on 12/27/2019 & rated 90 points: Don Carano died a little over two years ago, but the winery he built with his wife Rhonda lives on. This screwtop Chard at $23 is certainly a bargain: bright lemon curd, minerality, and touches of vanilla and butter on the nose with all that and just slight hints of oak (21% new French) on the palate. This is certainly a New World, even "California" Chardonnay with the oak and malolactic fermentation (85%), but it is far, even very far, from an oak or butter bomb. This is particularly delicious. thedrunkencyclist.com (706 views) | | | Tasted by lottagray on 11/30/2019 & rated 89 points: Not too oaky. Very enjoyable. (618 views) | | | Tasted by 3daywinereview.com on 10/10/2019 & rated 87 points: 2019 Hennepin Lake Charity Event (Minneapolis, MN): Typical under $30 Chardonnay from California. Nothing terrible but not that interesting either. Oak, lemon, pear and vanilla. Some spices on the finish. (1391 views) | | | Tasted by Rick & Ilsa on 10/1/2019 & rated 88 points: Ferrari-Carano wine tasting dinner. Really a nice cali chardonnay. Notes of citrus, tropical fruit, white stone fruits and green apple, this fruit forward, balanced wine was easy to drink. With only a little wood showing, and acidity not overpowering the fruit, this showed well tonight and was enjoyed by the table with a mushroom pasta. Nice. (768 views) | | | Tasted by davesmith1957 on 8/2/2019 & rated 88 points: Slightly Harsh initial tone went away upon warming and on the second day. Otherwise light butter tastes nice and provides good mouthfeel. (737 views) |
| Ferrari-Carano Producer websiteChardonnay 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 CountySonoma Coast |
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