Community Tasting Notes 17

• cephomer Likes this wine: 92 points

  September 3, 2023 - Drank at the Millerton Inn with D. Hadn't had this wine before since purchased with Blanco years ago. Gold, yellow color. Nose of apples, butterscotch & vanilla. Full bodied and slightly unctuous, but with bright acidity. Big & buttery & toasty, some citrus/lemon notes, butterscotch and ripe/sweet apples. Still on the oaky side, with clear notes of vanilla and brioche, but nicely offset by crisp acidity so that the wine is not overly cloying or sweet. Def not my favored style of chard, but I appreciate the wine for what it is, and it went well with our meal. Seems to be drinking currently as well as it ever will.

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• Racer117 Likes this wine: 95 points

  June 30, 2023 - I know Chardonnay can get better than this, but not by much. Beautifully elegant. Full yet delicate. Fruity yet nuanced. Amazing. Thanks to Joe for sharing.

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• DH90 Likes this wine: 93 points

  November 3, 2022 - Medium pale yellow color. Closed initially but gradually opened up with clean aromas of fresh flowers, honeysuckle, and pineapple. Gradually improved with more honey and butter. Compared to tge 2010 Comte LaFon Charmes in a blinded approach. About two thirds mistook the Mon Plaisir for the Meursault. Both elegant but very different expressions of Chardonnay.

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  November 19, 2021 - at petite with JDH

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• ashikoh Likes this wine: 96 points

  April 20, 2020 - medium lemon yellow, watery rim, moderate tearing; lemon custard, Golden Delicious apple, buttered brioche; fleshy, lemon cream, apple, buttered toast, excellent persistence; full bodied, bright acidity, 14.6% ABV; made from 100% Chardonnay sourced from Mon Plaisir estate vineyard planted in 1990 in rocky, volcanic-origin rhyolite soil exclusively to Old Wente clone, most lush of their single vineyard Chardonnays, “Mon Plaisir” meaning “My Pleasure”, 2015 was drought vintage with very small intensely flavored crop; naturally fermented in barrel, undergoes malolactic fermentation, aged 11 months on the lees which were stirred weekly; $95

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2015
• Type White
• Producer Peter Michael
• Varietal Chardonnay
• Designation Mon Plaisir
• Vineyard n/a
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Sonoma County
• Appellation Knights Valley

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• Pending Delivery 5 (0%)
• In Cellars 1,024 (48%)
• Consumed 1,123 (52%)

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