A friend brought this to dinner. Medium yellow, took 30 minutes to show up. Nice elegant chardonnay fruit with a long finish. Excellent. I would enjoy now.
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Fabulous bottle with minerality, acids, flavors all out front and present. Stone fruits, long finish, medium weight. Really drinking spot on right now. Reminded me of my favorite Mersault.....
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Not quite three years after the last note, this has entered the downhill side of life. Now a pretty gold color that looks its age. Still elegant, but not as fresh as before, with less lemon and more cream and caramel. Aging gracefully, but without the burst of acidity to keep things interesting over the entire bottle. A bottle to be shared among several.
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Opened for about an hour and drank over an hour...Nose of lemon, cream and some toast. Palate has some nice acid, slightly overly oaked, lemon again. The acid and oak are out of balance but provide for a bright and unctuous mouthfeel at the same time. The finish is decently long and full. Very nice wine but too young, will follow up in another few years as Ted Lemon has crafted these wines to develop and evolve over a long period.
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Burgundian. Lovely citrus and vanilla tinged bread dough notes on the nose, with medium weight citrus flavors and wonderful acidity. Could use some more time, but tastes like a grand cru.
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The color is a pale hazy yellow. The nose is a mixed bag of apricot, hazelnuts and oatmeal. The nose is explosive with some noticable fine french oak, but the palate is what is most impressive. There is no heaviness on this wine. Its very pure and almost ethereal. Fantastic stuff
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This bottle lost it's acid for some reason. All the other flavors and aromas are there, (marshmellow, lemon and herbs), it's just wasn't as sharp as before. Soft vintage maybe?
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Key lime pie, dried herb and earthy notes. Crisp and well delineated. Controlled but excellent intensity. Very nice now and should improve with another 1-2 years.
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Lancelot-Pienne, Tarlant Brut Zero, Dirler, 89 Reiussec, 06 Littorai (San Francisco): This was consumed along side the Tarlant with the crab/shrimp pasta.Very nice Chardonnay that reminded me a little of the Aubert. White chocolate, honey, lychee, lemon verbena, and a hint of tea. It's full bodied but with good acidity, shows no heat and has good palate presence from front to back...loved it! It did seem to clamp down a little after being open for about 1 hour...although that could be the effect of the ultra crisp/dry bubbly..
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this displayed a less rich midpalate at first (compared to heintz), but with air, it's seemless qualities and truly great depth of fruit came forward. smooth with mild oak.
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From the Littorai mailer: Mays Canyon Russian River Chardonnay This is the most closed and backward of the chardonnays today. It displays a delightful hard candy note with aromas of peach, lychee, apricot, guava, Earl Grey and Bergamot teas and linalool. It possesses significant acidity and has a long very clean finish with mouthwatering acidity.
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2/5/2021 - ajfret01 Likes this wine:
Beeswax lime, and honey. Nice oak. Complex and a long finish. Good stuff.
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12/15/2018 - Sonoma Duck Likes this wine: 91 Points
A friend brought this to dinner. Medium yellow, took 30 minutes to show up. Nice elegant chardonnay fruit with a long finish. Excellent. I would enjoy now.
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3/8/2015 - UpfromtheCellar wrote: 92 Points
Crying here. My last bottle. See my Dec review. Nothing more to add except I wish I had more!
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12/24/2014 - UpfromtheCellar wrote: 92 Points
Fabulous bottle with minerality, acids, flavors all out front and present. Stone fruits, long finish, medium weight. Really drinking spot on right now. Reminded me of my favorite Mersault.....
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4/17/2012 - smphelps wrote: 90 Points
Not quite three years after the last note, this has entered the downhill side of life. Now a pretty gold color that looks its age. Still elegant, but not as fresh as before, with less lemon and more cream and caramel. Aging gracefully, but without the burst of acidity to keep things interesting over the entire bottle. A bottle to be shared among several.
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8/20/2010 - ginfizz wrote: 90 Points
Showed very well against a Meursault Genevrieres. Elegant citrus, nice weight, fruit in hiding a bit. Hold these longer.
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5/23/2010 - tlinch wrote: 88 Points
Opened for about an hour and drank over an hour...Nose of lemon, cream and some toast. Palate has some nice acid, slightly overly oaked, lemon again. The acid and oak are out of balance but provide for a bright and unctuous mouthfeel at the same time. The finish is decently long and full. Very nice wine but too young, will follow up in another few years as Ted Lemon has crafted these wines to develop and evolve over a long period.
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1/2/2010 - ginfizz wrote: 92 Points
Burgundian. Lovely citrus and vanilla tinged bread dough notes on the nose, with medium weight citrus flavors and wonderful acidity. Could use some more time, but tastes like a grand cru.
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12/17/2009 - Johann Von Mastiff wrote: 93 Points
The color is a pale hazy yellow. The nose is a mixed bag of apricot, hazelnuts and oatmeal. The nose is explosive with some noticable fine french oak, but the palate is what is most impressive. There is no heaviness on this wine. Its very pure and almost ethereal. Fantastic stuff
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5/24/2009 - Mpoob wrote: 86 Points
This bottle lost it's acid for some reason. All the other flavors and aromas are there, (marshmellow, lemon and herbs), it's just wasn't as sharp as before. Soft vintage maybe?
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5/11/2009 - pgordon62 wrote: 92 Points
Key lime pie, dried herb and earthy notes. Crisp and well delineated. Controlled but excellent intensity. Very nice now and should improve with another 1-2 years.
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5/1/2009 - smphelps wrote: 92 Points
An elegant style, with creamy lemon tart leading the way. Light honey on the finish. Full mouthfeel, but light, bright, breezy style.
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2/7/2009 - tanglenet wrote:
3rd Annual Freeman Caves Weekend; 2/6/2009-2/8/2009 (Santa Rosa and environs): Tasted at the winery. Quick notes: high, bright acidity with lots of lemon citrus. Very Good.
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12/28/2008 - tonyvelebil wrote: 92 Points
Lancelot-Pienne, Tarlant Brut Zero, Dirler, 89 Reiussec, 06 Littorai (San Francisco): This was consumed along side the Tarlant with the crab/shrimp pasta.Very nice Chardonnay that reminded me a little of the Aubert. White chocolate, honey, lychee, lemon verbena, and a hint of tea. It's full bodied but with good acidity, shows no heat and has good palate presence from front to back...loved it! It did seem to clamp down a little after being open for about 1 hour...although that could be the effect of the ultra crisp/dry bubbly..
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12/3/2008 - jeff nowak wrote: 92 Points
this displayed a less rich midpalate at first (compared to heintz), but with air, it's seemless qualities and truly great depth of fruit came forward. smooth with mild oak.
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7/4/2008 - zgray wrote: 92 Points
Very Solid Burgundy Style
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5/12/2008 - llink wrote:
From the Littorai mailer:
Mays Canyon Russian River Chardonnay
This is the most closed and backward of the chardonnays today. It displays a delightful hard candy note with aromas of peach, lychee, apricot,
guava, Earl Grey and Bergamot teas and linalool. It possesses significant acidity and has a long very clean finish with mouthwatering acidity.
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