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| Community Tasting Notes (average 92.3 pts. and median of 92 pts. in 12 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by jlgnml on 10/26/2020 & rated 94 points: Beautiful color, good nose, distinctive fruit, long finish. What a delight. (451 views) | | | Tasted by tomlee on 11/6/2014 & rated 95 points: Gold in color. 14.2% ABV. Super aromatics of flowers, minerals and lemon mousse. Strong acidity. Rich and viscous on the palate. Flavors of lemon oil, green apple, key lime pie, toast and pear. The finish is exceptional. The best single vineyard Chardonnay from Rochioli and on a short list with the likes of Marcassin and Kongsgaard when I could consider the best Chardonnay from California. Drink over the next 1-3 years. (1642 views) | | | Tasted by JBVino on 10/16/2013: good but missing that additional level of acidity to give the wine real lift and life to take it to the next level. nonetheless solid (1612 views) | | | Tasted by JBVino on 10/27/2012: pretty solid...age has provided complexity. good acidity and structure...better w food. (1787 views) | | | Tasted by llink on 10/25/2012: Yellow color. Heavy oak with some banana notes and a mineral earthy streak. The oak is obtrusive to me. The palate is medium weight showing some complexity and a little heat. Drink up. (2022 views) | | | Tasted by Wine Drinker on 9/15/2012 & rated 90 points: Golden yellow, maybe a little darker than last time I had this wine. Smells of fall fruits (apple, pear) and an earthiness (wet stone and dirt) that's different from what I've encountered in a Chard. Tastes similar to the nose with a very long finish. I sense that this wine would have been much better a year ago, it was still very good but I know it had been better. I've got to drink my collection faster. (1582 views) | | | Tasted by Didman on 6/5/2011 & rated 92 points: Wonderful California style Chardonnay. Oak and loads of fruit with a year or two of life left. (941 views) | | | Tasted by herberto on 6/4/2009 & rated 93 points: I have to admit, this was really quite good. Big, intense and smoky (the latter being toasted oak, I'm sure, but well executed), with a healthy balance of tart acidity to balance unmistakeably new-worldly ripe fruit. Quite hot at the finish, which detracts a bit from what otherwise is a remarkably balanced wine given its size. (1023 views) | | | Tasted by the godfather on 7/25/2007 & rated 90 points: Very oaky and nowhere near the nose I am used to with Rochioli. Still pleasant and definitely not bad but the regular chard is drinking better (1319 views) | | | Tasted by sosgoodjhu on 7/22/2007 & rated 92 points: Tarty with a nice mix of apple, pear, and honeysuckle that complimented The Godfather's truffled pate and buffalo mozzarella hors d'ouvres . (1310 views) |
| By Josh Raynolds
Vinous, May/June 2007, IWC Issue #132
(Rochioli Vineyards Chardonnay Rachael's Vineyard Russian River Valley) Subscribe to see review text. |
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| J. Rochioli 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 CountyRussian River Valley Russian River Valley Winegrowers Association | Wikipedia |
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