2009 Wind Gap Wines Chardonnay Yuen James Berry/Brosseau Vineyards

Community Tasting Notes (22) Avg Score: 90.4 points

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  5/11/2020 - beezer6 wrote: 90 Points

  Nice Chardonnay showing some light signs of age.
  Darker honeyed apples as well as some sweet spice.
  Some enjoyable lighter lemon notes on the palate.
  Jill drank most but I enjoyed what I got.

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  8/30/2019 - blanquito wrote:

  I've waxed before about the brilliant chardonnays from this producer, but as I enjoy a 10 year-old bottling tonight, I have to beat my breast again on this -- these are terrific, balanced, Burgundian-styled wines, and given the pricing, amongst the world's best white wine QPRs (readily purchased at various times over the years for $18 to $30).
  
  For a 10 year-old New World chardonnay (or Old World these days, given premox), this shows youthful and fresh, with just a touch of age on the finish. This is all lemon and fresh ginger, with white flowers and a hint of custard adding depth and complexity. Wonderful attack and mid palate concentration and texture, quickly washed away by big yet pitch perfect acids. Long, lingering delightfully tart finish. So easy to drink (12.8% alc) and ideally enjoyed with dinner. Honestly, this reminds me of the Niellon 2014 Chassagne Montrachet Clos St. Jean had recently...
  
  It's hard not to get excited about this wine given the modest pedigree and pricing -- and to be sure, this is not the last word on depth, elegance and complexity in chardonnay -- but I'd love to place this blind in a good line up of white burgs. I bet it wildly over-performs. I haven't had any vintages post-2012, but I can vouch whole-heartedly for the 2008-2012 quintet.

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  9/20/2015 - 560 B&W Likes this wine: 89 Points

  PnP. Heat of the vineyard is apparent. Drink now. 12.8%

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  3/26/2015 - jeffreylubowski Likes this wine: 90 Points

  I just had a bottle of the 2013 in the past week so I thought I might give this a go. Same thing going on here but with a little age. Lemon citrus tropics apple. Like a heavy chablis. The fruit has receded quite a bit and the oak is more prominent. Still a good wine. Drink now.

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  1/12/2015 - silton wrote:

  This got drunk in December. No notes but I remember thinking that if I had any more it was time to drink up.

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