Community Tasting Notes 6

• Bob23 Likes this wine: 93 points

  December 22, 2020 - Lively at 13! Golden color, nice zip left.

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• rosenst1 wrote: 91 points

  January 14, 2016 - PnP. Light greenish gold. Intense tropical fruit aromatics. Quite thick on the palate must have significant dry extract with medium full body and good finishing acidity. This doesn't seem to have the finesse of some of the other Littorai Chardonnay bottlings but the vines were also quite young (2001 planting). Improves with air as the sweet fruit makes an appearance.

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• rosenst1 wrote: 91 points

  November 14, 2013 - Popped and poured. Light gold. Fragrant nose of citrus and tropical fruits with a touch of butterscotch. Lovely balance on the palate; initially this is quite tight but then opens with air and the rich fruit shows, although still with balancing acidity and a bit of oak. I think this may improve further 2-3 years.

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• DanR wrote: 92 points

  June 20, 2011 - First impression, on the nose and in the mouth, is smoky oak, and a creamy, leesy character- perhaps suggesting that additional integration time is needed. Texturally speaking, this wine is a mouthful of sticky, viscous chardonnay fruit, which seems to be a departure from the rest of the Littorai '07 chards, in terms of mouthfeel. Underneath the oak lies a bevy of exotic fruits and honeyed jasmine, all buoyed by a sufficient, but surprisingly reserved acidity; which from a chemistry standpoint might be at a target number, but is overwhelmed by the sheer intensity of the other components of the wine. Wins points for unrestrained hedonism, but might need a short spell in the cellar to settle down and integrate.

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• herberto wrote: 91 points

  May 29, 2011 - Sweet, modern styled chard. Enough acidity to make it enjoyable - reasonably balanced in fact. Pretty well done for this style, but not the restrained style that Lottorai seems to pretend to.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2007
• Type White
• Producer Littorai
• Varietal Chardonnay
• Designation The Tributary
• Vineyard n/a
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Sonoma County
• Appellation Sonoma Coast

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• In Cellars 60 (61%)
• Consumed 39 (39%)

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