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Wine	Like It	Don't Like
2014 Morlet Family Vineyards Chardonnay Ma Douce	Yes
2005 Kistler Chardonnay Hyde Vineyard		No
2010 Aubert Chardonnay Lauren Estate Vineyard	Yes
2016 Dry Creek Vineyard Chenin Blanc Dry Clarksburg	Yes
2008 Aubert Chardonnay Ritchie Vineyard	Yes
2006 Peter Michael Chardonnay Belle Côte	Yes
2006 Kistler Pinot Noir Cuvée Elizabeth Bodega Headlands	Yes
2002 Thomas Fogarty Chardonnay Estate Reserve	Yes

2014 Morlet Family Vineyards Chardonnay Ma Douce
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5/23/2021 - rdk8 Likes this wine: 94 Points
Decanted just before serving. Californian terroir meets Burgundian winemaking. Yellow and green in the glass. Tropical fruits, minerality and toasted oak on the nose. Toffee, lemon and slight oak on the palate. A surprising (but not bad) amount of acidity on the finish.

Even better an hour or two later, with lemon meringue dominating the nose and a smoother, longer finish with the oak gone and the acidity diminished.

Definitely benefited from decanting and staying chilled the whole evening.

This is drinking wonderfully right now, but I think it will also age well several more years.
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2005 Kistler Chardonnay Hyde Vineyard
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5/6/2021 - rdk8 Does not like this wine: 88 Points
Disappointing -- this was way over the hill, "disintegrated" is the best word to describe it, consistent with the previous review.
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2010 Aubert Chardonnay Lauren Estate Vineyard
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4/22/2021 - rdk8 Likes this wine: 95 Points
This is everything I hope for in a Sonoma Coast Chardonnay -- tropical and green fruits on the nose, minerality with a slight backbone of acidity on the palate, and evolving over the course of the evening into more nutty notes and unctuous mouthfeel. I feel like this is drinking in it's prime right now.
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