At the end of its drinking window, but not oxidised. Very sweet toffee, quite hot with a slight burn from the alcohol on the finish as the fruit recedes. Really not my style at all, but some will love this butter toffee, sweet tropical fruited style, now mature with a glycerin rich mouth feel.
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Still drinking remarkably well. Beautiful golden color. Not too buttery. But a nice creamy mouthfeel nonetheless. Have one left, will drink in next 6mos or so.
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Tropical and buttery while nicely balanced. Not overly flamboyant for a CA Chardonnay. Worked well with a pairing of chicken tortelloni with braised collard geeens and cow peas.
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shared with pat at selkirk manor. celebrating summer solstice. passed over this wine several times due to lack of feedback from others and reputation for longevity from this producer. the wine proved to be in sound condition. paired with baked halibut. slightly golden color. fragrant nose. lots of yellow fruit on the palate. well integrated oak. some toastiness. light acidity. strong finish. wish i had bought more although i don't think i would hold onto this much longer. an eight year run for a cali chard is pretty good.
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2/18/2023 - swfc wrote:
At the end of its drinking window, but not oxidised. Very sweet toffee, quite hot with a slight burn from the alcohol on the finish as the fruit recedes. Really not my style at all, but some will love this butter toffee, sweet tropical fruited style, now mature with a glycerin rich mouth feel.
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5/14/2022 - DollarMenunaire wrote:
This held up nicely. Tropical fruit with lemon curd and toasted macadamia. Probably some good declassified grapes in here.
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5/27/2019 - TastesGoodToMe Likes this wine: 91 Points
Still drinking remarkably well. Beautiful golden color. Not too buttery. But a nice creamy mouthfeel nonetheless. Have one left, will drink in next 6mos or so.
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12/22/2018 - Smatk Likes this wine: 91 Points
Tropical and buttery while nicely balanced. Not overly flamboyant for a CA Chardonnay. Worked well with a pairing of chicken tortelloni with braised collard geeens and cow peas.
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6/21/2018 - bacchus wrote: 93 Points
shared with pat at selkirk manor. celebrating summer solstice. passed over this wine several times due to lack of feedback from others and reputation for longevity from this producer. the wine proved to be in sound condition. paired with baked halibut. slightly golden color. fragrant nose. lots of yellow fruit on the palate. well integrated oak. some toastiness. light acidity. strong finish. wish i had bought more although i don't think i would hold onto this much longer. an eight year run for a cali chard is pretty good.
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