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White
2020 Sandhi Wines Chardonnay Patterson Vineyard
Chardonnay
- USA
- California
- Central Coast
- Sta. Rita Hills
Label borrowed from 2021
Label borrowed from 2018
Community Tasting Notes 4
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ledocq Likes this wine:
September 24, 2023 - This impressed the hell out of me, a non-wine guest, and my wife, who loves her CA chardonnays to be precise but tropical, kind of a narrow row to hoe, but this one - along with, say, Cattleya - fits the bill. A little clunky the first hour it's open, but it sings when it warms up a bit. Really good stuff.
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BStanton Likes this wine:
July 4, 2023 - Gorgeous wine that is drinking beautifully now. Lots of complex cheesy, sour cream, yogurt aroma with beautifully underripe yellow apple skin. The texture is incredibly silky and delivers all of the wine’s complexity in a very integrated manner
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Bjweiss Likes this wine: 95 points
February 5, 2023 - Wow. This takes the top US produced chardonnay spot for me, personally. The nose on this wine is breathtakingly complex. So much good lees action here plus honey, caramel, flowers, and stone fruit. On the palette the story continues beautifully. Wonderful balance of acidity to the fruit, but it’s this leesy honeyed textural thing that really draws you in over and over again. Finish just keeps going and I spent a good 5 minutes after the wine was gone smelling my glass like an idiot. Deserving of every high mark I’m giving it.
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popasq Likes this wine: 94 points
November 25, 2022 - Great balance, excellent fruit, really excellent chardonnay.
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By John Gilman
Nov/Dec 2022, Issue #102, Recently-Tasted Old School And Neo-Classical American Wines January 2023, 11/1/2022(Sandhi “Patterson” Chardonnay (Santa Rita Hills)) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Antonio Galloni
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Wine Definition
- Vintage 2020
- Type White
- Producer Sandhi Wines
- Varietal Chardonnay
- Designation n/a
- Vineyard Patterson Vineyard
- Country USA
- Region California
- SubRegion Central Coast
- Appellation Sta. Rita Hills
- UPC Codes 7070292952540, 7070293119928
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 3 (2%)
- In Cellars 105 (80%)
- Consumed 24 (18%)
Food Pairing
No food pairings available.
Who Likes This Wine
100% Like It 6 votes
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- VarietyChardonnay
- CountryUSA
- RegionCalifornia
- SubRegionCentral Coast
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