Good fruit without the "bite" some Chardonnay's can have. Alot of oak and vanilla, similar oak finish as the Sebastiani Cabernet has. I like the Sebastani Cabernet, and also like their Chardonnay.
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Golden color. Nice fruit aroma and taste, but with oak and buttered popcorn predominating. While pleasant enough for a general quaffing/table wine, the freshness, fruit flavors, and acidity are somewhat overwhelmed by the wood and butter. May purchase again, but not as a wine of great interest.
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Actually this bottling is not as oaky as other Sonoma County chardonnays at this price point. We found it to be a very good food wine. Nice bright fruit and well balanced.
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Notes of citrus, pineapple, apple, caramel, and a touch cream and oak. the fruit, cream, and oak were nicely balanced. This one actually drank nicely very chilled and as it warmed up a little.
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Deep straw color, green tint. Nose oak and light pear, alcohol note, some citrus, musty undernote. Lightish body compared to nose, alcohol and mild caramel, citrus and banana notes. Slight rasberry finish. Nose B, Taste B, Overall B. Alcohol note a bit unbalanced, though might work better with food.
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Just a slight hint of a nose with a bit of apricot and flower. Midpalate is fairly hollow with a somewhat unpleasant soapy flavor. Slightly redeemed on the finish where there is a resonance of sweet melon and fresh peach. Very generously oaked. Best served very chilled. 7 bucks. Drink
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5/6/2008 - aaronwalls wrote:
Nose not indicative of taste. A floral nose with fruity hints. A bit spicy. An oaky finish. A pleasant value chard.
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6/20/2007 - Grant and Laura wrote: 84 Points
The nose and palate are dominated by toasted oak, though on the palate there is a bit of butter and citrus.
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5/27/2007 - NPWolfe wrote: 84 Points
As always, pleasant. Nice drink for dinner.
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3/5/2007 - appleseed wrote: 88 Points
Good fruit without the "bite" some Chardonnay's can have. Alot of oak and vanilla, similar oak finish as the Sebastiani Cabernet has. I like the Sebastani Cabernet, and also like their Chardonnay.
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1/11/2007 - bruceb wrote: 86 Points
Golden color. Nice fruit aroma and taste, but with oak and buttered popcorn predominating. While pleasant enough for a general quaffing/table wine, the freshness, fruit flavors, and acidity are somewhat overwhelmed by the wood and butter. May purchase again, but not as a wine of great interest.
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11/11/2006 - GroveGrapes wrote: 86 Points
Crisp, slight oak and metallic with a light ripe peach in the finish. One of my favorite $10 Chardonnays!
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11/7/2006 - Todd French wrote: 88 Points
Well-balanced, good value..oaky/buttery but also has a nice crisp finish. Good everyday drinking wine.
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9/3/2006 - matthen wrote: 85 Points
Nice, solid wine with flavors of citrus, pineapple, pear and oak. It was better when chilled than at room temperature.
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8/15/2006 - MeMyself&I wrote: 86 Points
Actually this bottling is not as oaky as other Sonoma County chardonnays at this price point. We found it to be a very good food wine. Nice bright fruit and well balanced.
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7/18/2006 - tthorn wrote: 88 Points
This is your prototypical California oak, butter, and pear chardonnay. Mostly oak on the nose. We found it a very nice everyday white for $10.
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7/13/2006 - raadams wrote: 89 Points
Notes of citrus, pineapple, apple, caramel, and a touch cream and oak. the fruit, cream, and oak were nicely balanced. This one actually drank nicely very chilled and as it warmed up a little.
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7/11/2006 - mrmonkey wrote:
Deep straw color, green tint. Nose oak and light pear, alcohol note, some citrus, musty undernote. Lightish body compared to nose, alcohol and mild caramel, citrus and banana notes. Slight rasberry finish. Nose B, Taste B, Overall B. Alcohol note a bit unbalanced, though might work better with food.
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6/25/2006 - cmr wrote: 90 Points
Excellent qpr. Nice and smooth found this to be a lighter Chardonnay.
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6/23/2006 - Keithernet wrote: 88 Points
Great value. I enjoyed this wine very much. Sebastiani makes really good wines of many types, and this one is pretty solid.
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5/17/2006 - A&B wrote: 84 Points
Quite rich and oaky, sweet citrus fruits
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4/2/2006 - 6831 wrote: 83 Points
Just a slight hint of a nose with a bit of apricot and flower.
Midpalate is fairly hollow with a somewhat unpleasant soapy flavor.
Slightly redeemed on the finish where there is a resonance of sweet melon and fresh peach. Very generously oaked. Best served very chilled. 7 bucks. Drink
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3/27/2006 - Keithernet wrote: 84 Points
Pretty good, brought to friend's home for dinner. They didn't chill (not big into wine) so it wasn't as good as it could have been.
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