Pear, peach and honey, moderate acids, just a little of a sweet caramel note that makes me wonder about incipient oxidation. Drinking well now, unsure that I would hold. B/B+.
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Legendary! Gold color with flashes of orange. Nose: floral, rich balm, verbena and myrrh even sweet green fig and honeycomb. Flavors: intense quince, asian pear and minerals. Really rich and actually full bodied but the finish stays lively and very long... nothing tart or disjointed at all. Balance is perfect. Drink now, or next 2 years, its really fabulous and everything owning old Stony Chard is meant to be.
I noticed one bottle of this seemed a bit darker than others, so popped. Rich honied pear and apple fruit, good acids, some vanilla and lemon curd. Holds up well over evening, my premox worries misplaced. B+/B
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Fruit (peach), strong floral, slight honey, good acidity. Fruit a little reserved. Floral a bit more dominant. Lingering finish. Really enjoyable. With an hour or so of air, better balance.
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Johnny's Bachelor Weekend. Dinner at Press. Ordered from the wine list. Still fresh. Moderate golden color. Slightly reductive lemon curd. Very good. Ready to rock I'd say.
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Intense gold color. Lightly fragrant of heliotroppe blossoms and a floral musky note (NOT musty, but musKy, ie: sweetly, thickly fragrant). Great mouthfeel, it's rich and medium bodied and great balance that makes it linger. Has a fresh fruit, honey and floral flavors that are somewhat light but reminiscent of honey and spicy peaches. Nothing about this wine makes you think it's 11 years old. Although at peak, it certainly has at least a couple years to go and the rewards should be greater. This review was based on the 2nd half of the bottle we drank 24 hours later. To be this vibrant, fresh and elegant after 24 hrs verifies it could benifit from 2 more years.
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Clear, medium straw color. Nose is light honey, navel orange mixed with minerals or slate. Full bodied white on the palate. Juicy, mineral, flinty notes at the start and ends with honey and a mild but rich melon taste that lasts a long time. Really well balanced, it has a perfect crispness to balance out the round, full mouthfeel. It will be fine for another 3 years and try again. This will be better but could turn even greater.
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Pulled from vinotemp and poured with no decant into Riedel winline Chablis glasses. Big deep nose of honey and vanilla with a hint of citrus. Big slightly sweet fruit - very rich with vanilla, honey and caramel and a hint of citrus. Good acid. Rich young oak. Overall a very big, penetrating wine with good balance and depth. Long complex finish. Drinking good now, but with Stony Hill's record I would hold far at least another 3-5 if you want secondary flavors.
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Medium gold color, medium body with rich mid-palate and restrained use of oak. High acid, but perfectly balanced. No sign of age despite color. (tasted blind)
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The faint nose of butterscotch doesn't do justice to this delicious, elegant, and balanced wine, full of clementines and pears and liquid stones, with maybe a little Meyer lemon cheesecake in the background. It also features a moderately long juicy aftertaste that is not too tart and a sumptuous mouthfeel.
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10/5/2020 - DaleW wrote:
Pear, peach and honey, moderate acids, just a little of a sweet caramel note that makes me wonder about incipient oxidation. Drinking well now, unsure that I would hold. B/B+.
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7/21/2020 - ersmith Likes this wine: 94 Points
Poured from a Magnum - Outstanding wine.
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6/2/2020 - dino_mike Likes this wine: 96 Points
Legendary! Gold color with flashes of orange. Nose: floral, rich balm, verbena and myrrh even sweet green fig and honeycomb. Flavors: intense quince, asian pear and minerals. Really rich and actually full bodied but the finish stays lively and very long... nothing tart or disjointed at all. Balance is perfect. Drink now, or next 2 years, its really fabulous and everything owning old Stony Chard is meant to be.
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5/5/2020 - DaleW wrote:
I noticed one bottle of this seemed a bit darker than others, so popped. Rich honied pear and apple fruit, good acids, some vanilla and lemon curd. Holds up well over evening, my premox worries misplaced. B+/B
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7/27/2016 - JJKinch wrote: 91 Points
Fruit (peach), strong floral, slight honey, good acidity. Fruit a little reserved. Floral a bit more dominant. Lingering finish. Really enjoyable. With an hour or so of air, better balance.
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6/5/2016 - beezer6 wrote: 92 Points
Johnny's Bachelor Weekend.
Dinner at Press. Ordered from the wine list.
Still fresh. Moderate golden color.
Slightly reductive lemon curd. Very good. Ready to rock I'd say.
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7/10/2015 - DaleW wrote:
this is a lovely classic Chardonnay. Bright pear fruit, mineral and honey, orange zest. Full, long, deep. A-
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9/2/2010 - dino_mike wrote: 92 Points
Intense gold color. Lightly fragrant of heliotroppe blossoms and a floral musky note (NOT musty, but musKy, ie: sweetly, thickly fragrant). Great mouthfeel, it's rich and medium bodied and great balance that makes it linger. Has a fresh fruit, honey and floral flavors that are somewhat light but reminiscent of honey and spicy peaches. Nothing about this wine makes you think it's 11 years old. Although at peak, it certainly has at least a couple years to go and the rewards should be greater. This review was based on the 2nd half of the bottle we drank 24 hours later. To be this vibrant, fresh and elegant after 24 hrs verifies it could benifit from 2 more years.
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1/9/2009 - buckeye76 wrote: 90 Points
APPLES AND CITRUS IN THE NOSE AND FLAVOR. CRISP MEDIUM TO LONG FINISH.
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2/29/2008 - lestergibo wrote: 92 Points
Great balance. Terrific example of a well balanced CA chard designed to go with food. At peak now.
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2/11/2008 - dino_mike wrote: 90 Points
Clear, medium straw color. Nose is light honey, navel orange mixed with minerals or slate. Full bodied white on the palate. Juicy, mineral, flinty notes at the start and ends with honey and a mild but rich melon taste that lasts a long time. Really well balanced, it has a perfect crispness to balance out the round, full mouthfeel. It will be fine for another 3 years and try again. This will be better but could turn even greater.
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7/16/2007 - Chidainey wrote: 90 Points
Pulled from vinotemp and poured with no decant into Riedel winline Chablis glasses. Big deep nose of honey and vanilla with a hint of citrus. Big slightly sweet fruit - very rich with vanilla, honey and caramel and a hint of citrus. Good acid. Rich young oak. Overall a very big, penetrating wine with good balance and depth. Long complex finish. Drinking good now, but with Stony Hill's record I would hold far at least another 3-5 if you want secondary flavors.
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8/16/2006 - PaulH wrote: 90 Points
Medium gold color, medium body with rich mid-palate and restrained use of oak. High acid, but perfectly balanced. No sign of age despite color. (tasted blind)
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6/16/2006 - silton wrote: 91 Points
The faint nose of butterscotch doesn't do justice to this delicious, elegant, and balanced wine, full of clementines and pears and liquid stones, with maybe a little Meyer lemon cheesecake in the background. It also features a moderately long juicy aftertaste that is not too tart and a sumptuous mouthfeel.
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