Medium pale greenish gold. Medium toasted barrel, lemon, green apple, white peach, white flowers, hazelnut, English peas, honeycomb and minerality. Medium-full bodied, high acidity, medium structure, medium alcohol and long astringent finish. Fresh, precise and elegant. Edgy palate with some tensions. Delicious.
Perfect to enjoy now, and plenty of potential to grow in the next few years. I would recommend to let it breathe for 2 hours prior to drinking.
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As advertised this needs a good 3h to start showing and probably 4-6h to be in primetime.
Drinks really nice now but pretty well coiled and layered. Green apple, finely grated lime meringue/key lime pie, hints of graham cracker and lovely acidity. Lots of flinty minerals too. Should do very well for another 10+ years.
Always a mouthwatering and reductive nose. Clean stone fruit, minerals, and flint on the palate. Had a surprising tartness on the finish, which I haven’t experienced before. Always a joy to drink X-Novo though!
These need so much air. At least a few hours and preferably over night. Once you get enough, there is lots to like. Lemon and Meyer lemon wrapped in rocky extract. Good acidity too.
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Quick decant. Nose of lemon meringue, vanilla, and a hint of Bananas Foster. Palate delivers a buttery texture of melon, lime, and white peach with hints of grapefruit. Lanolin, white stone fruit, and sweet white fruits provide a pillow for the palate to land on.
Very well made but lacks excitement, though seems like we've not been as wowed as others are about this producer's Chardonnays.
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Drank from a magnum. This needed about an hour plus open to develop anything interesting. Lemon, mineral, vanilla and white flower. Blind I’d guess village level Montrachet.
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Solid. Fruit is fairly ripe and round and for me this lacks a bit of energy and zing, but still fairly nice acidity and reasonably balanced. I can't say that I enjoyed it as much as some of the other tasters here, but it's pretty good.
Update: after reading CT reviews I decided to throw this opened bottle back in the fridge and drank it a day later. Wow, much better! This gained a lot of zip and cut after a bit of air, my score has now improved from 92 to 94!
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Bottle number 2 of 4 and definitely still special. We took this to Anthony’s Fine Steaks and Seafood to kick off a dinner with friends. This time with oysters and it worked great! Beautiful new world white!
Yep, just an unbelievably good bottle of Chardonnay. This one gave only the sense of natural reduction - not much matchstick or flinty flavors that needed to blow off. Ginger and lime with balanced but firm acidity, the midpalate amplitude turned way up. The wine exudes purity of Chardonnay grape and finishes long.
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last bottle from november was so brutally reduced i decided to retry this under more optimal conditions. gave it a 10+ hour decant at room temperature to degass, which it did, mostly, though it couldnt fully shake its sulfurous core. Under these conditions I found this bottle drinkable (unlike the last), but why must I work so hard? Liked by others but I think they are taking this whole reduction thing too far.
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Ample et assez gouteux. Des abricots, des pêches et de pommes vertes. Il y a aussi du silex et des noix. Belle longueur en finale avec un peu de minéraux. Excellent.
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Wow. It’s been a while since I opened one and this was off the list at Black Walnut Inn. There’s something to be said for bottles that don’t travel far. This one was amazing. About as much reduction as one can handle in a chard, way more than I’ve perceived at home, with intense pear fruit, white peach, flint and raw coconut. Long and wild, with a deep acidic current. This wine is a masterpiece, and more than justifies its current price.
Powerful aromas of extinguished match, mandarin orange, spearmint, and ginger emerge after prolonged aeration. In the mouth, there is solid fruit density, with Granny Smith apples, pears, lime and minerals galore. Finishes very long, with serious cut and chalky persistence. An outstanding Chardonnay that reminded me of a good Premier Cru Meursault. Note that the wine needed several hours of air to open up, and was better on day two. 94.
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Bright yellow; tons of reduction on this, pretty cool, and liked it but gave it a little lower ranking b/c I felt the redux was just a bit too much and after 1 glass it got just a little tiring and may have drowned out the fruit and other elements in the wine. That being said, this was very Burgundian, thought it could be a ringer in the CA flight. Tangy, very high acid, glue, petrol, heady (redux) notes. 92-93
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While I highly enjoyed this when opened on 10-202, last night’s bottle was a much more complete and enjoyable experience. Smoke and lemon curd impact immediately, with loads of back end acidity and structure. Impeccable balance, a bit of tasty well judged oak, and I detected little , if any reduction. I want to give my next bottle at least 3 years if not 5 to see this develop, excited for its prospects.
Decanted 30 minutes before serving. Transparent yellow color. Definite matchstick on the nose along with some vanilla and butterscotch. Medium body, medium-to-medium-plus acid. Beautiful rich fruit on the palate: ripe peaches, golden apples, apricots. In mid-palate the fruits blend seamlessly with some nice minerality. One of the best white wines I have had all year -- my wife said possibly her favorite of all time. If the nose matched the palate this could be much higher.
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bowled over by the roadtar, but one whiff immediately indicated to me a mercaptan flaw. yet my compadres persisted in labeling it only 'highly reduced' and proceeded to drink it. and like it. in all fairness i should try another bottle but if this is the pinnacle of domestic Burgundian chardonnay, then I'll take a pass.
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Napa and Bordeaux gathering (Clarity - Vienna, Virginia): Very understated nose displaying cool white fruit, granny smith, pear, lemon, lime, flint, a hint of oak and iron. Medium concentration, cool white fruit, perfect amount of acidity, steely mineral and a medium to long cool white fruit driven finish with a hint of flint at the end. Perhaps a fresh version of the Stony Hill chardonnay.
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Another stellar showing, the same abundance of reductive flinty minerals, green apple skin, lemon zest on the nose, palate is energetic with a gripping zesty feel to the fruit and high acidity and long finish continues to impress
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Wine is still young but getting there. Flavors really begin to show themselves as wine warms up. Meyer lemon, hints of oak with a bit of wordiness. Very clean. Delicious
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Complex flavors of tart green apple, Anjou pear and lemon curd mixed with a reductive/sulfur note (call it matchstick, call it gunflint), a little smoke, with the oak lending a sweet note on the finish. Concentrated without seeming rich, a firm body and good acid backbone. There's a lot going on with this wine. As good as it is now, I wonder if it will settle into something more harmonious with time.
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Minimally reduced, this wine continues to impress. Medium gold in the glass, it has an effusive nose with pear syrup, lemon curd, incredible midpalate weight and a sharp cut on the persistent finish.
Fresh and deep yellow-gold color. Muted nose of wood, alcohol, and faint citrus. Palate shows wood, citrus, and off-putting vinyl notes that do not appeal and never completely blow off. Excessive and annoying heat on mid-palate and finish, with juicy acidity, citrus and a bit of flint and sea spray. Interesting story here, I wanted to like this wine, but there seems to be very little substance beneath the alcohol and the oak, and this bottle would not have come together with further aging. A very poor value, for my palate. 13% abv. Maybe 80 points if I was scoring; but even though this bottle was not plainly flawed, I'll refrain from scoring it.
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Blind. Next to the Boillot Mouchere and most assumed this was white Burgundy. Almost impossible to distinguish from the Mouchere. Flint, lemon, peach, and a saline quality. Laser-like- crisp minerality. Lively, fresh, youthful and so freaking good.
Full of bright golden apple fruit with plenty of acid, hints of oaky vanilla and spice. Slightly reductive at first, gains intensity with a couple hours of air. Nice wine and I'd be happy to drink this any time but I don't quite get what all the fuss is about here.
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lemon, white florals, flint, citrus peel, crushed rock, green apple, peach and toast.
There has to be some bottle variation since one of the bottles I had was extremely reductive where the fruit didn't show up for maybe 3 days or so but another bottle the fruit was opulent and showcasing beautifully. Either way a great wine, more luck of the draw on how good it is that day.
92-96 points for me pending on how its really showing. When it's on its one of the greatest domestic white chardonnay's IMO.
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Might be my first time trying this vintage. And as young as this is, very appealing. More reductive on the nose than the '17 but less than the '16. Focused & lively on the palate - at this point, not as expansive as the 2016, but there is some serious potential here.
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Can't tell if this is a post-COVID thing (I had Covid) or not but that gunflint background note people talk about? For me, it was like a sulfur wine with some really great fruit notes buried deep underneath. I have a feeling this is my problem and not the bottle's. I have noticed that with red wines I'm very sensitive to reduction now - and I know the reduction here resulting in the gunflint is a different process, but there seems to be something it that currently overwhelms my ability appreciate this. (Same with my girlfriend, who also had COVID and who similarly has tasting issues currently.)
Wine is very young. Flavors really begin to show themselves as wine warms up. Meyer lemon, hints of oak with a bit of wordiness. Very clean. Will get much better after laying down for a few years.
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Also really good but without the impact of the Evening Land Summum, and a bit lighter, cleaner. Pale yellow, light clean nose slight reduction came out 20 minutes later; lean, clean, high acid, young, tight. Very nice and elegant, good seafood wine, maybe needs another 5 years. Blind Dirty Dozen at Capital Seafood BH
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Lots of thoughts on this - seemed to show a decent amount of ok initially, spicy, but nothing over the top. Quite rich, with the expected reduction / matchstick that lingers for a spell, lemony creaminess, and as my wife notated it’s smelled like a rice pot after cooking, in other words starchy. The true pay off started when the wine warmed, for then you saw the focus and precision kick in all the way to the neatly felt finish. I think one to enjoy now if you have a good stash lying around, otherwise lay this baby down a few years at least, it should payoff in spades I think.
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Tasted over two nights. Gunshot, nuts and hints of lemon and toasty sesame on the nose. Med+ rich palate, Meursault-like nuttiness, some tart citrus. Pretty tasty. Second night faded a bit, but still yummy.
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Decanted for 2 hours. Initially there's the signature xnovo reduction. Green apple, zesty lemons, showing bright acidity. As it warms up a bit more orchard fruit shows, but that energy remains. Lovely stuff.
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Sunday hangout (socially distanced) (Chicago, IL): A good wine, but nowhere at the level that the hype machine is building this up to be. The nose has a fair amount of reduction, and shows an intense flinty, smoking element. On the palate, this has a surprising mix of fatness and acidity, and the oak feels a little bit too prominent. Maybe this will be better with time?
The Last Few Weeks; 9/1/2020-11/2/2020: Beautiful as always. Aromas of flint and lemon curd. Palate was exotic with citrus, minerals, and flinty notes. Good length. Another winning bottle.
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This was a total surprise since it's totally different than the Seven Springs and Freedom Hill. The X-Novo was full of decadent aromas like vanilla, sweet apples, florals, custard, and flint. A very full and rich wine that coats the palate. It doesn't have the laser precision of the Freedom Hill, but it's so unique and has so much going on you just keep sipping. Clearly one of the most distinctive Chards I've had. Damn, hope I find a reason to pop another one soon!
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Opened our first of 4 today for the Wolfpack Zoom tasting yesterday with Ken, Erica, Jess, and vineyard owner Craig W. Consumed over 5 hours as we saved a bit to pair with scallops over a corn, shiitake, and roasted red pepper bed. We also enjoyed the last bit alongside a 16 Liquid Farm Golden Slope Chard and a 16 Drouhin 1st Cru. The X-novo is truly special with a bit of reduction upon opening with a struck match note. Citrus, mineral notes, and a bit of a saline note... bring on the oysters! My favorite of the Chardonnay trio and my favorite with the scallops noting the brineyness. I believe the best days for this young white are well down the road but it was fun to taste yesterday
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From 375ml during a tasting - flint & lemon on the nose that leaps out of the glass, strong acidity yet balanced, zero reduction yet good full body and balance. Ken & Erica at Walter Scott are making some of the best Chardonnay in North America. Don’t miss.
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Just can’t stay away from this beauty, lots of reductive flinty minerals and a nice mix of green apple and lemon on the nose, high acidity on the palate, fresh, energetic and persistent just a great Chardonnay drinking experience
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Walter Scott has another excellent X-Novo Chardonnay on their hands with the 2018 offering up an intense bouquet of matchstick reduction, lemon oil, orchard fruit, and aniseed. There is very good density to the full bodied citrus and stone flavors that yield excellent persistence. Bright acidity. Excellent.
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First time with this wine, did not disappoint. Noticeable reductive nose with that matchstick and flint characteristics. Firm acidity right out of the gate with lemon, citrus, tart green apple and some pear fruit. Also, has some crushed rock and salinity to it on the finish. Definitely has that Burgundian feel to it...great wine.
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PNP. Light gold color. Lemon and citrus on the nose. On the palate more tangerine and mango. Dense fruit, very slightly creamy mouthfeel. Some oak present, subtle. Mostly a saline character, nice flinty minerality and a long finish. Drinking well early, this will improve.
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The 2018 Chardonnay X-Novo Vineyard unwinds in the glass with aromas of crisp green orchard fruit, pastry cream, citrus oil and wheat toast. Medium to full-bodied, deep and layered, it's textural and multidimensional, with the most mid-palate amplitude and structuring extract of all the wines in the range, concluding with a long and penetrating finish.
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Raises your eyebrows when you put your nose in the glass. Classic smokey reductive white burgundy smells here. After two hours that did disipate. In the mouth I found it a little lacking in the mid palate. Lean of fruit. Under ripe. My same issue with the Freedom Hill Chardonnay. Good length and tons of tension though. its a delicious wine. Some candied sweetness on the outskirts of the palate. Shows its new world face in the mouth but might be tough to call on the nose. Very fun wine.
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2018 Walter Scott Chard test drive (mi casa): Nose: There is noticeable reduction that starts to dissipate with swirling and air that leans into red apples, vanilla, pears, yellow and white florals, custard, saline, Meyer lemons, limes, crushed rocks, toast, and flint. There is a lot of complexity to the nose and it feels like more tones emerge as the layers peel back.
Taste: The feel is full bodied and polished with tart, medium+ acidity. There is a lot of density and power to the feel with red apples, pears, Meyer lemons, limes, custard, vanilla, custard, crushed rocks, flint, and saline.
overall: This is a fantastic, young Chardonnay that shows off what Oregon Chardonnay really can be. This certainly needs time to really show itself, but everything is there for it to be something special.
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I certainly do think the burgundy comparison is apt. This wine has a little more fleshy mid-palate, but it’s otherwise elegant, medium alcoholic presence, with stony minerals particularly in the nose, reductive on day 1 and 2. It carried white peach, lime peel, with some green fruit, but no apple notes to my palate. Good cut and a soft vanillin finish. I’m putting my other bottles away for a few years as this will age nicely
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Tasted double blind, with the only clue given was that this was a producer that's better on day 2. Pretty clearly chardonnay on the nose with a touch of match stick, and on the palate with some stone fruit. There's not a lot of heat on the palate, though definitely a touch of oak. The palate is a bit coarse, but not in a broad/buttery sort of way, which led me straight to Oregon; this also has the quasi-tannic nature on the finish I associate with Oregon chard (again the lack of minerality). A nice wine that's probably a touch too young, though to me this doesn't have the class of the 2017. I remain puzzled by the "Burgundy buster" reviews of this particular cuvee - it is a very solid Chardonnay in its own right, but it's not Burgundy (nor does it need to be).
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Pandemic Zoom Wine Tasting (Home): Tasted double blind on zoom after bottling in small bottles and shipping overnight cross-country. Lemon yellow; nose is reduced, matchstick; palate is full bodied, medium-plus acidity, medium alcohol, dry, some minerals and hint of white fruits; medium length finish. A bit more difficult to assess than the 2nd white because of the reduction, but also seems like old world chardonnay, or a traditionally styled Oregon chardonnay. Day 2: Sulfur has blown off a bit, showing a bit more. Seems like it has more complexity today than yesterday. 90
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This is my 4th vintage and the x novo may be my favorite domestic Chardonnay now, opened for a zoom with ken and Erica lots going on here minerals, flint, some reduction, lemon zest and hint of white florals, really nice palate with terrific persistence throughout and a long finish
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Matchstick, citrus pith, asian pear, white flowers, and a sense of chalkiness on the nose. It's bright and fresh, tight at first, with outstanding dry extract coupled with brilliantly balanced acidity. It's fresh on the palate, with more asian pear, white flowers, tangerine, and subtle wood spice. Electric, chiseled, deep, and crystal clear. There is intensity more than power, and it is coupled with grace. Very long and simultaneously mouthwateringly fresh. Effortlessly delicious
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The last WS 18 I've had to try...drinking this with the Zoom event tonight, and also going head to head with the 16 00 Wines EGW leftover from last night...which is intriguing. Open in bottle for 4 hrs...way less match strike than the 00...and the Freedom Hill for that matter...but it is there in subtlety, and very nice. The fruit is definitely riper with more flesh than the other 18's...pure and crystalline pear, apple, sautéed pineapple...not as substantial and phenolic as the "black chardonnay" style 00. The WS has amazing citrus freshness and cut...lemon/lime squeeze...sour tarts...creamy with vanilla bean and oak barrel spice. Perfect saline minerality...chalky crushed flint, sea shell funk...pretty white flower and lime blossom florals. Again...these wines are Burgundy killers...they will blind taste you silly...nothing is out of place...not too sweet, too alc, too simple...they are AMAZING if you are in to the white burg! Love this X-Novo...total freshness and focus...but I have to give the nod to the 00...and actually the Freedom Hill at this point. But I think the X-Novo has more stuffing to age a little longer than the FH...so need to load up! Great stuff coming out of the OR...so far for me...my revelation of this year!
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Poured in a Grassl Cru glass and followed over the evening.
Matchstick reduction and steel upfront, followed by pungent lemon oil, yellow apple, and a hint of vanilla bean on the nose. On the palate the wine is intense and concentrated, with flavors of Meyer lemon, underripe tangerine and passion fruit, chalky minerality, and spice. Racy acidity and notable tension, the wine has lots of energy on the palate. The finish has nice citrus and crushed seashell minerality that glides down the tongue and lingers for quite awhile.
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This was so amazing and purely delicious right out of the shopping box. I loved this wine for its steely, flinty mineral side, and also for its delicious, quenching, dry, Chardonnay fruit, that had this clean natural feel, is if the wine makers asked nothing extra out of the grapes. It was vigorous, with hints of dried stone fruit skins, flint, bone meal, tart quince, and a little green apple essence.
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Tasted blind. This had a classic Chardonnay nose with white flowers, lemon, minerals, and a hint of butter. Really quite pretty on the nose, which to me suggested Old World. On the palate, there's good acidity and complex flavors of meyer lemon and minerals. Long finish. This is very promising, I got 3 more bottles based on this. 93+
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Sharing the same bottle of wine with friends - Covid 19 style: what else needs to be said that I haven’t said before. The x novo from @walterscottwines is the best chardonnay made in America. Not only that it’s probably the best chardonnay period at the price point. The 2018 is one of the best vintages I’ve had from them, really dense concentrated wine with that hallmark reduction/flint and incredible length that lingers long into the finish. If there’s a vintage to load up on it’s definitely this one from them. I regret not getting a 3L during the futures offer.
This wine is Pale Gold and clear in the glass. The nose is quite lush with peach, melon, lemon zest, pineapple, minerality, and the slightest hint of caramel. It tastes as it smells. I get peach, pineapple and lemon zest, and nectarine on the tip of the palate. The acid/minerality and barrel kind of bounce on the mid-palate and the medium finish. Not as tightly wound or flinty as some earlier versions. It's drinking fantastic on Pop and Pour right now, Its open for business. The acid is a little softer and fruits a bit rounder on this vintage IMO. My wife guessed it was Goodfellow Richard's Cuvee when blinded last night. Not far off. Another lovely example of this spectacular vineyard from Walter Scott.
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Medium bodied with little to no reduction. Lemon, orange zest, slight toast, and minerals. More body than I was expecting and up there with almost any premier cru. Clearly more under the surface here but needs some time for the fruit to develop. Great now though.
5/4/2024 - GuanYu Likes this wine: 93 Points
Medium pale greenish gold. Medium toasted barrel, lemon, green apple, white peach, white flowers, hazelnut, English peas, honeycomb and minerality. Medium-full bodied, high acidity, medium structure, medium alcohol and long astringent finish. Fresh, precise and elegant. Edgy palate with some tensions. Delicious.
Perfect to enjoy now, and plenty of potential to grow in the next few years. I would recommend to let it breathe for 2 hours prior to drinking.
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3/31/2024 - Rbhan12 Likes this wine: 92 Points
As advertised this needs a good 3h to start showing and probably 4-6h to be in primetime.
Drinks really nice now but pretty well coiled and layered. Green apple, finely grated lime meringue/key lime pie, hints of graham cracker and lovely acidity. Lots of flinty minerals too. Should do very well for another 10+ years.
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12/12/2023 - Dale M wrote: 93 Points
Easy note – no reduction just pure seduction! Excellent showing with a Wildwood (a PDX restaurant from yesteryear) crabcake.
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11/9/2023 - Satoshi Nakamoto Likes this wine: 92 Points
Always a mouthwatering and reductive nose. Clean stone fruit, minerals, and flint on the palate. Had a surprising tartness on the finish, which I haven’t experienced before. Always a joy to drink X-Novo though!
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9/10/2023 - Djfermentation Likes this wine: 96 Points
Last of 4 beautiful bottles. Enjoyed at Bouchon LV with oysters and Lyonnaise Salad. Awesome!
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7/28/2023 - Justin S Likes this wine: 93 Points
These need so much air. At least a few hours and preferably over night. Once you get enough, there is lots to like. Lemon and Meyer lemon wrapped in rocky extract. Good acidity too.
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5/25/2023 - VAGenius Likes this wine: 91 Points
Quick decant. Nose of lemon meringue, vanilla, and a hint of Bananas Foster. Palate delivers a buttery texture of melon, lime, and white peach with hints of grapefruit. Lanolin, white stone fruit, and sweet white fruits provide a pillow for the palate to land on.
Very well made but lacks excitement, though seems like we've not been as wowed as others are about this producer's Chardonnays.
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4/10/2023 - MAXIMUM SATISFACTION wrote: 93 Points
Drank from a magnum. This needed about an hour plus open to develop anything interesting. Lemon, mineral, vanilla and white flower. Blind I’d guess village level Montrachet.
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4/3/2023 - joshabramson Likes this wine: 94 Points
Solid. Fruit is fairly ripe and round and for me this lacks a bit of energy and zing, but still fairly nice acidity and reasonably balanced. I can't say that I enjoyed it as much as some of the other tasters here, but it's pretty good.
Update: after reading CT reviews I decided to throw this opened bottle back in the fridge and drank it a day later. Wow, much better! This gained a lot of zip and cut after a bit of air, my score has now improved from 92 to 94!
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1/4/2023 - Bob23 Likes this wine: 92 Points
Young yet - nicely balanced, but not real remarkable.
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9/21/2022 - Djfermentation Likes this wine: 95 Points
Bottle number 2 of 4 and definitely still special. We took this to Anthony’s Fine Steaks and Seafood to kick off a dinner with friends. This time with oysters and it worked great! Beautiful new world white!
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9/17/2022 - Dale M wrote: 94 Points
Ditto my 12-21 note and score - drinking exceptionally well but destined for a long life.
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7/5/2022 - jviz wrote: 95 Points
Yep, just an unbelievably good bottle of Chardonnay. This one gave only the sense of natural reduction - not much matchstick or flinty flavors that needed to blow off. Ginger and lime with balanced but firm acidity, the midpalate amplitude turned way up. The wine exudes purity of Chardonnay grape and finishes long.
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6/29/2022 - soyhead wrote:
last bottle from november was so brutally reduced i decided to retry this under more optimal conditions. gave it a 10+ hour decant at room temperature to degass, which it did, mostly, though it couldnt fully shake its sulfurous core. Under these conditions I found this bottle drinkable (unlike the last), but why must I work so hard? Liked by others but I think they are taking this whole reduction thing too far.
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6/24/2022 - maxima wrote: 90 Points
Ample et assez gouteux.
Des abricots, des pêches et de pommes vertes.
Il y a aussi du silex et des noix.
Belle longueur en finale avec
un peu de minéraux.
Excellent.
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5/3/2022 - jviz wrote: 96 Points
Wow. It’s been a while since I opened one and this was off the list at Black Walnut Inn. There’s something to be said for bottles that don’t travel far. This one was amazing. About as much reduction as one can handle in a chard, way more than I’ve perceived at home, with intense pear fruit, white peach, flint and raw coconut. Long and wild, with a deep acidic current. This wine is a masterpiece, and more than justifies its current price.
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2/8/2022 - J o e wrote: 94 Points
Powerful aromas of extinguished match, mandarin orange, spearmint, and ginger emerge after prolonged aeration. In the mouth, there is solid fruit density, with Granny Smith apples, pears, lime and minerals galore. Finishes very long, with serious cut and chalky persistence. An outstanding Chardonnay that reminded me of a good Premier Cru Meursault. Note that the wine needed several hours of air to open up, and was better on day two. 94.
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1/30/2022 - peternelson Likes this wine: 92 Points
Bright yellow; tons of reduction on this, pretty cool, and liked it but gave it a little lower ranking b/c I felt the redux was just a bit too much and after 1 glass it got just a little tiring and may have drowned out the fruit and other elements in the wine. That being said, this was very Burgundian, thought it could be a ringer in the CA flight. Tangy, very high acid, glue, petrol, heady (redux) notes. 92-93
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12/12/2021 - Dale M wrote: 94 Points
While I highly enjoyed this when opened on 10-202, last night’s bottle was a much more complete and enjoyable experience. Smoke and lemon curd impact immediately, with loads of back end acidity and structure. Impeccable balance, a bit of tasty well judged oak, and I detected little , if any reduction. I want to give my next bottle at least 3 years if not 5 to see this develop, excited for its prospects.
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12/4/2021 - timothynbond Likes this wine: 93 Points
Decanted 30 minutes before serving. Transparent yellow color. Definite matchstick on the nose along with some vanilla and butterscotch. Medium body, medium-to-medium-plus acid. Beautiful rich fruit on the palate: ripe peaches, golden apples, apricots. In mid-palate the fruits blend seamlessly with some nice minerality. One of the best white wines I have had all year -- my wife said possibly her favorite of all time. If the nose matched the palate this could be much higher.
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11/18/2021 - soyhead wrote:
bowled over by the roadtar, but one whiff immediately indicated to me a mercaptan flaw. yet my compadres persisted in labeling it only 'highly reduced' and proceeded to drink it. and like it. in all fairness i should try another bottle but if this is the pinnacle of domestic Burgundian chardonnay, then I'll take a pass.
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9/29/2021 - dcwino wrote: 93 Points
Napa and Bordeaux gathering (Clarity - Vienna, Virginia): Very understated nose displaying cool white fruit, granny smith, pear, lemon, lime, flint, a hint of oak and iron. Medium concentration, cool white fruit, perfect amount of acidity, steely mineral and a medium to long cool white fruit driven finish with a hint of flint at the end. Perhaps a fresh version of the Stony Hill chardonnay.
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9/4/2021 - eoinhharkins wrote: 94 Points
Another stellar showing, the same abundance of reductive flinty minerals, green apple skin, lemon zest on the nose, palate is energetic with a gripping zesty feel to the fruit and high acidity and long finish continues to impress
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8/4/2021 - krhaugh Likes this wine: 92 Points
Wine is still young but getting there. Flavors really begin to show themselves as wine warms up. Meyer lemon, hints of oak with a bit of wordiness. Very clean. Delicious
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7/29/2021 - ChrisR Likes this wine:
Complex flavors of tart green apple, Anjou pear and lemon curd mixed with a reductive/sulfur note (call it matchstick, call it gunflint), a little smoke, with the oak lending a sweet note on the finish. Concentrated without seeming rich, a firm body and good acid backbone. There's a lot going on with this wine. As good as it is now, I wonder if it will settle into something more harmonious with time.
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7/4/2021 - jviz wrote: 93 Points
Minimally reduced, this wine continues to impress. Medium gold in the glass, it has an effusive nose with pear syrup, lemon curd, incredible midpalate weight and a sharp cut on the persistent finish.
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5/2/2021 - petitblanc wrote:
Fresh and deep yellow-gold color. Muted nose of wood, alcohol, and faint citrus. Palate shows wood, citrus, and off-putting vinyl notes that do not appeal and never completely blow off. Excessive and annoying heat on mid-palate and finish, with juicy acidity, citrus and a bit of flint and sea spray. Interesting story here, I wanted to like this wine, but there seems to be very little substance beneath the alcohol and the oak, and this bottle would not have come together with further aging. A very poor value, for my palate. 13% abv. Maybe 80 points if I was scoring; but even though this bottle was not plainly flawed, I'll refrain from scoring it.
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4/22/2021 - decaturwinedude wrote: 93 Points
Blind. Next to the Boillot Mouchere and most assumed this was white Burgundy. Almost impossible to distinguish from the Mouchere. Flint, lemon, peach, and a saline quality. Laser-like- crisp minerality. Lively, fresh, youthful and so freaking good.
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3/9/2021 - orwines wrote: 94 Points
So consistently good.
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3/6/2021 - coremill wrote: 90 Points
Full of bright golden apple fruit with plenty of acid, hints of oaky vanilla and spice. Slightly reductive at first, gains intensity with a couple hours of air. Nice wine and I'd be happy to drink this any time but I don't quite get what all the fuss is about here.
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1/26/2021 - pkouchu wrote:
lemon, white florals, flint, citrus peel, crushed rock, green apple, peach and toast.
There has to be some bottle variation since one of the bottles I had was extremely reductive where the fruit didn't show up for maybe 3 days or so but another bottle the fruit was opulent and showcasing beautifully. Either way a great wine, more luck of the draw on how good it is that day.
92-96 points for me pending on how its really showing. When it's on its one of the greatest domestic white chardonnay's IMO.
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1/6/2021 - Bob H wrote:
Might be my first time trying this vintage. And as young as this is, very appealing. More reductive on the nose than the '17 but less than the '16. Focused & lively on the palate - at this point, not as expansive as the 2016, but there is some serious potential here.
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12/31/2020 - ledocq wrote:
Can't tell if this is a post-COVID thing (I had Covid) or not but that gunflint background note people talk about? For me, it was like a sulfur wine with some really great fruit notes buried deep underneath. I have a feeling this is my problem and not the bottle's. I have noticed that with red wines I'm very sensitive to reduction now - and I know the reduction here resulting in the gunflint is a different process, but there seems to be something it that currently overwhelms my ability appreciate this. (Same with my girlfriend, who also had COVID and who similarly has tasting issues currently.)
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12/17/2020 - Pinot_Geek Likes this wine: 92 Points
Light-bodied, dry lemon, bit of that gunflint reduction. Very nice.
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12/13/2020 - tooch wrote: 92 Points
Another great bottle. Crisp lime and lemons with a great flinty/mineral note. Drank over 4 hours.
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12/12/2020 - krhaugh Likes this wine: 92 Points
Wine is very young. Flavors really begin to show themselves as wine warms up. Meyer lemon, hints of oak with a bit of wordiness. Very clean. Will get much better after laying down for a few years.
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11/22/2020 - peternelson Likes this wine: 92 Points
Also really good but without the impact of the Evening Land Summum, and a bit lighter, cleaner. Pale yellow, light clean nose slight reduction came out 20 minutes later; lean, clean, high acid, young, tight. Very nice and elegant, good seafood wine, maybe needs another 5 years. Blind Dirty Dozen at Capital Seafood BH
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11/12/2020 - Charlie Carnes Likes this wine: 95 Points
These are so good and consistent. Really don’t need a note for this year anymore.
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10/25/2020 - Dale M wrote: 93 Points
Lots of thoughts on this - seemed to show a decent amount of ok initially, spicy, but nothing over the top. Quite rich, with the expected reduction / matchstick that lingers for a spell, lemony creaminess, and as my wife notated it’s smelled like a rice pot after cooking, in other words starchy. The true pay off started when the wine warmed, for then you saw the focus and precision kick in all the way to the neatly felt finish. I think one to enjoy now if you have a good stash lying around, otherwise lay this baby down a few years at least, it should payoff in spades I think.
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10/17/2020 - Richard P Howden Likes this wine: 92 Points
Tasted over two nights. Gunshot, nuts and hints of lemon and toasty sesame on the nose. Med+ rich palate, Meursault-like nuttiness, some tart citrus. Pretty tasty. Second night faded a bit, but still yummy.
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9/30/2020 - mye wrote:
Decanted for 2 hours. Initially there's the signature xnovo reduction. Green apple, zesty lemons, showing bright acidity. As it warms up a bit more orchard fruit shows, but that energy remains. Lovely stuff.
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9/27/2020 - acyso wrote: 90 Points
Sunday hangout (socially distanced) (Chicago, IL): A good wine, but nowhere at the level that the hype machine is building this up to be. The nose has a fair amount of reduction, and shows an intense flinty, smoking element. On the palate, this has a surprising mix of fatness and acidity, and the oak feels a little bit too prominent. Maybe this will be better with time?
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9/26/2020 - tooch wrote: 94 Points
The Last Few Weeks; 9/1/2020-11/2/2020: Beautiful as always. Aromas of flint and lemon curd. Palate was exotic with citrus, minerals, and flinty notes. Good length. Another winning bottle.
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9/12/2020 - Satoshi Nakamoto Likes this wine: 95 Points
This was a total surprise since it's totally different than the Seven Springs and Freedom Hill. The X-Novo was full of decadent aromas like vanilla, sweet apples, florals, custard, and flint. A very full and rich wine that coats the palate. It doesn't have the laser precision of the Freedom Hill, but it's so unique and has so much going on you just keep sipping. Clearly one of the most distinctive Chards I've had. Damn, hope I find a reason to pop another one soon!
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8/30/2020 - Djfermentation Likes this wine: 96 Points
Opened our first of 4 today for the Wolfpack Zoom tasting yesterday with Ken, Erica, Jess, and vineyard owner Craig W. Consumed over 5 hours as we saved a bit to pair with scallops over a corn, shiitake, and roasted red pepper bed. We also enjoyed the last bit alongside a 16 Liquid Farm Golden Slope Chard and a 16 Drouhin 1st Cru. The X-novo is truly special with a bit of reduction upon opening with a struck match note. Citrus, mineral notes, and a bit of a saline note... bring on the oysters! My favorite of the Chardonnay trio and my favorite with the scallops noting the brineyness. I believe the best days for this young white are well down the road but it was fun to taste yesterday
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8/29/2020 - Jmwestiv Likes this wine: 95 Points
From 375ml during a tasting - flint & lemon on the nose that leaps out of the glass, strong acidity yet balanced, zero reduction yet good full body and balance. Ken & Erica at Walter Scott are making some of the best Chardonnay in North America. Don’t miss.
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8/22/2020 - eoinhharkins wrote: 94 Points
Just can’t stay away from this beauty, lots of reductive flinty minerals and a nice mix of green apple and lemon on the nose, high acidity on the palate, fresh, energetic and persistent just a great Chardonnay drinking experience
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8/11/2020 - rlove wrote: 94 Points
Walter Scott has another excellent X-Novo Chardonnay on their hands with the 2018 offering up an intense bouquet of matchstick reduction, lemon oil, orchard fruit, and aniseed. There is very good density to the full bodied citrus and stone flavors that yield excellent persistence. Bright acidity. Excellent.
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8/10/2020 - brianofthevine Likes this wine: 93 Points
First time with this wine, did not disappoint. Noticeable reductive nose with that matchstick and flint characteristics. Firm acidity right out of the gate with lemon, citrus, tart green apple and some pear fruit. Also, has some crushed rock and salinity to it on the finish. Definitely has that Burgundian feel to it...great wine.
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8/1/2020 - Maphill01 Likes this wine:
PNP. Light gold color. Lemon and citrus on the nose. On the palate more tangerine and mango. Dense fruit, very slightly creamy mouthfeel. Some oak present, subtle. Mostly a saline character, nice flinty minerality and a long finish. Drinking well early, this will improve.
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7/26/2020 - William Kelley Likes this wine:
The 2018 Chardonnay X-Novo Vineyard unwinds in the glass with aromas of crisp green orchard fruit, pastry cream, citrus oil and wheat toast. Medium to full-bodied, deep and layered, it's textural and multidimensional, with the most mid-palate amplitude and structuring extract of all the wines in the range, concluding with a long and penetrating finish.
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7/6/2020 - tooch wrote: 92 Points
Delicious chardonnay bursting with pear and lime flavors. Seductive nose of flint and lemons was awesome. Finest American chardonnay.
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7/3/2020 - Andyofoto wrote:
Raises your eyebrows when you put your nose in the glass. Classic smokey reductive white burgundy smells here. After two hours that did disipate. In the mouth I found it a little lacking in the mid palate. Lean of fruit. Under ripe. My same issue with the Freedom Hill Chardonnay. Good length and tons of tension though. its a delicious wine. Some candied sweetness on the outskirts of the palate. Shows its new world face in the mouth but might be tough to call on the nose. Very fun wine.
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7/2/2020 - KeithAkers wrote: 94 Points
2018 Walter Scott Chard test drive (mi casa): Nose: There is noticeable reduction that starts to dissipate with swirling and air that leans into red apples, vanilla, pears, yellow and white florals, custard, saline, Meyer lemons, limes, crushed rocks, toast, and flint. There is a lot of complexity to the nose and it feels like more tones emerge as the layers peel back.
Taste: The feel is full bodied and polished with tart, medium+ acidity. There is a lot of density and power to the feel with red apples, pears, Meyer lemons, limes, custard, vanilla, custard, crushed rocks, flint, and saline.
overall: This is a fantastic, young Chardonnay that shows off what Oregon Chardonnay really can be. This certainly needs time to really show itself, but everything is there for it to be something special.
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6/26/2020 - jviz wrote: 93 Points
I certainly do think the burgundy comparison is apt. This wine has a little more fleshy mid-palate, but it’s otherwise elegant, medium alcoholic presence, with stony minerals particularly in the nose, reductive on day 1 and 2. It carried white peach, lime peel, with some green fruit, but no apple notes to my palate. Good cut and a soft vanillin finish. I’m putting my other bottles away for a few years as this will age nicely
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6/25/2020 - Nicephoras wrote:
Tasted double blind, with the only clue given was that this was a producer that's better on day 2. Pretty clearly chardonnay on the nose with a touch of match stick, and on the palate with some stone fruit. There's not a lot of heat on the palate, though definitely a touch of oak. The palate is a bit coarse, but not in a broad/buttery sort of way, which led me straight to Oregon; this also has the quasi-tannic nature on the finish I associate with Oregon chard (again the lack of minerality). A nice wine that's probably a touch too young, though to me this doesn't have the class of the 2017. I remain puzzled by the "Burgundy buster" reviews of this particular cuvee - it is a very solid Chardonnay in its own right, but it's not Burgundy (nor does it need to be).
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6/24/2020 - aagrawal wrote: 90 Points
Pandemic Zoom Wine Tasting (Home): Tasted double blind on zoom after bottling in small bottles and shipping overnight cross-country. Lemon yellow; nose is reduced, matchstick; palate is full bodied, medium-plus acidity, medium alcohol, dry, some minerals and hint of white fruits; medium length finish. A bit more difficult to assess than the 2nd white because of the reduction, but also seems like old world chardonnay, or a traditionally styled Oregon chardonnay.
Day 2: Sulfur has blown off a bit, showing a bit more. Seems like it has more complexity today than yesterday. 90
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6/24/2020 - SARED wrote: 93 Points
Needs some air to open up.
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5/31/2020 - eoinhharkins wrote: 94 Points
This is my 4th vintage and the x novo may be my favorite domestic Chardonnay now, opened for a zoom with ken and Erica lots going on here minerals, flint, some reduction, lemon zest and hint of white florals, really nice palate with terrific persistence throughout and a long finish
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5/30/2020 - cct wrote: 94 Points
Matchstick, citrus pith, asian pear, white flowers, and a sense of chalkiness on the nose. It's bright and fresh, tight at first, with outstanding dry extract coupled with brilliantly balanced acidity. It's fresh on the palate, with more asian pear, white flowers, tangerine, and subtle wood spice. Electric, chiseled, deep, and crystal clear. There is intensity more than power, and it is coupled with grace. Very long and simultaneously mouthwateringly fresh. Effortlessly delicious
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5/30/2020 - Mrbuzz Likes this wine: 94 Points
The last WS 18 I've had to try...drinking this with the Zoom event tonight, and also going head to head with the 16 00 Wines EGW leftover from last night...which is intriguing. Open in bottle for 4 hrs...way less match strike than the 00...and the Freedom Hill for that matter...but it is there in subtlety, and very nice. The fruit is definitely riper with more flesh than the other 18's...pure and crystalline pear, apple, sautéed pineapple...not as substantial and phenolic as the "black chardonnay" style 00. The WS has amazing citrus freshness and cut...lemon/lime squeeze...sour tarts...creamy with vanilla bean and oak barrel spice. Perfect saline minerality...chalky crushed flint, sea shell funk...pretty white flower and lime blossom florals. Again...these wines are Burgundy killers...they will blind taste you silly...nothing is out of place...not too sweet, too alc, too simple...they are AMAZING if you are in to the white burg! Love this X-Novo...total freshness and focus...but I have to give the nod to the 00...and actually the Freedom Hill at this point. But I think the X-Novo has more stuffing to age a little longer than the FH...so need to load up! Great stuff coming out of the OR...so far for me...my revelation of this year!
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5/29/2020 - rieslinghoarder Likes this wine: 95 Points
Poured in a Grassl Cru glass and followed over the evening.
Matchstick reduction and steel upfront, followed by pungent lemon oil, yellow apple, and a hint of vanilla bean on the nose. On the palate the wine is intense and concentrated, with flavors of Meyer lemon, underripe tangerine and passion fruit, chalky minerality, and spice. Racy acidity and notable tension, the wine has lots of energy on the palate. The finish has nice citrus and crushed seashell minerality that glides down the tongue and lingers for quite awhile.
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5/25/2020 - Charlie Carnes wrote: 95 Points
Drank this a week after the first. This is great Chardonnay!
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5/19/2020 - Charlie Carnes Likes this wine: 95 Points
This was so amazing and purely delicious right out of the shopping box. I loved this wine for its steely, flinty mineral side, and also for its delicious, quenching, dry, Chardonnay fruit, that had this clean natural feel, is if the wine makers asked nothing extra out of the grapes. It was vigorous, with hints of dried stone fruit skins, flint, bone meal, tart quince, and a little green apple essence.
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4/27/2020 - glou.sf Likes this wine: 93 Points
Tasted blind. This had a classic Chardonnay nose with white flowers, lemon, minerals, and a hint of butter. Really quite pretty on the nose, which to me suggested Old World. On the palate, there's good acidity and complex flavors of meyer lemon and minerals. Long finish. This is very promising, I got 3 more bottles based on this. 93+
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4/16/2020 - clayfu wrote:
Sharing the same bottle of wine with friends - Covid 19 style: what else needs to be said that I haven’t said before. The x novo from @walterscottwines is the best chardonnay made in America. Not only that it’s probably the best chardonnay period at the price point. The 2018 is one of the best vintages I’ve had from them, really dense concentrated wine with that hallmark reduction/flint and incredible length that lingers long into the finish. If there’s a vintage to load up on it’s definitely this one from them. I regret not getting a 3L during the futures offer.
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3/19/2020 - Seanwsmithm3 Likes this wine:
This wine is Pale Gold and clear in the glass. The nose is quite lush with peach, melon, lemon zest, pineapple, minerality, and the slightest hint of caramel. It tastes as it smells. I get peach, pineapple and lemon zest, and nectarine on the tip of the palate. The acid/minerality and barrel kind of bounce on the mid-palate and the medium finish. Not as tightly wound or flinty as some earlier versions. It's drinking fantastic on Pop and Pour right now, Its open for business. The acid is a little softer and fruits a bit rounder on this vintage IMO. My wife guessed it was Goodfellow Richard's Cuvee when blinded last night. Not far off. Another lovely example of this spectacular vineyard from Walter Scott.
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3/13/2020 - MAXIMUM SATISFACTION wrote: 93 Points
Medium bodied with little to no reduction. Lemon, orange zest, slight toast, and minerals. More body than I was expecting and up there with almost any premier cru. Clearly more under the surface here but needs some time for the fruit to develop. Great now though.
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