2009 Varner Chardonnay Spring Ridge Vineyard Bee Block

Community Tasting Notes (57) Avg Score: 90.5 points

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  12/20/2023 - oldcorke wrote:

  Flawed bottle- prematurely aged. No rating.
  
  Will comment that the wine's acid & minerality remained in balance & the fruit was subtly present, with soft white floral tea leaf aromas.
  However- the wine was not enjoyable, having lost its freshness.
  
  Remarkable contrast to prior bottles from 08 & 09.

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  7/7/2023 - Ben Christiansen wrote:

  Nutty and really darn delicious. Perfectly aged and really wonderful.

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  5/27/2022 - oldcorke Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Seems to have improved a little since last bottle. Initially extravagant nose calms with air and seems deceptively forward. Indeed, the wine is not- there is tension with substantial density balanced against appropriate acid and, almost, chalky minerality.

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  1/27/2021 - Frijole wrote:

  light gold, lots of clarity, silvery hue
  Nose: ripe pear, green apple, white pepper, vanilla, musk, touch oak
  Pal: ripe pear, green apple, white pepper, minerals, vanilla, musk, oak
  Feel: medium, astringent
  Finish: medium, long
  T9

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  1/5/2020 - Frijole wrote:

  golden yellow, lots of clarity, silvery hue
  Nose: pear, peach, thyme, silver, musk, oak
  Pal: pear, green apples, stewed peach, vanilla, thyme, musk, touch minerals, oak
  Feel: medium, full, acidic
  Finish: medium
  T7 (could be an 8)

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