PnP chilled with 10 min glass time. Clear, med straw color. Tight and none descript until it had time to open up. Tart, green apple, fruity, some oak, bigger style wine that went well with the chicken and pork. Nothing off. $54
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Serviceable when well chilled, less to my liking as it warmed - the oak, EtOH and diacetyl all seemed to lose any pretenses and make their robust presence known. Very much in the house style, of which I'm not a fan. Having said that, this is a nice example of an oaked $30-35 CA Chard - any more than that and I fail to see the point. 14,5% abv.
Audozed 1 hour, served non-blind.
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PnP w/15 min glass time, well chilled. Clear, med straw color. Nice proper Chard, chalky nose. Big zesty/fruity, strong acid, intense flavor, fresh, clean, tart almost pucker finish. Excellent Chard if you like em this way. Good balance, slightly green yet but certainly drinkable now. Long finish, great wine, nothing off. $52
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First BK Chard. Saw high scores so needed to pop one. Chilled, short decant. Clear, med straw color. Big and proper Chard nose. This wine drank exceedingly well. Huge flavor, very slight oak/butter, more tart, balanced, extremely clean, exceptional acid. Fruity, muscular, dry, long finish. Well done. Nothing off. $52
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4/23/2015 - Barry Notes Likes this wine: 90 Points
PnP chilled with 10 min glass time. Clear, med straw color. Tight and none descript until it had time to open up. Tart, green apple, fruity, some oak, bigger style wine that went well with the chicken and pork. Nothing off. $54
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4/22/2015 - Tim Heaton wrote:
Serviceable when well chilled, less to my liking as it warmed - the oak, EtOH and diacetyl all seemed to lose any pretenses and make their robust presence known. Very much in the house style, of which I'm not a fan. Having said that, this is a nice example of an oaked $30-35 CA Chard - any more than that and I fail to see the point. 14,5% abv.
Audozed 1 hour, served non-blind.
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8/25/2014 - Barry Notes Likes this wine: 92 Points
PnP w/15 min glass time, well chilled. Clear, med straw color. Nice proper Chard, chalky nose. Big zesty/fruity, strong acid, intense flavor, fresh, clean, tart almost pucker finish. Excellent Chard if you like em this way. Good balance, slightly green yet but certainly drinkable now. Long finish, great wine, nothing off. $52
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4/14/2014 - Barry Notes Likes this wine: 93 Points
First BK Chard. Saw high scores so needed to pop one. Chilled, short decant. Clear, med straw color. Big and proper Chard nose. This wine drank exceedingly well. Huge flavor, very slight oak/butter, more tart, balanced, extremely clean, exceptional acid. Fruity, muscular, dry, long finish. Well done. Nothing off. $52
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3/30/2014 - jhieb Likes this wine: 93 Points
Gaining weight. Great stuff.
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