2010 Brewer-Clifton Chardonnay 3-D

Community Tasting Notes (12) Avg Score: 88.4 points

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  7/14/2023 - West Coast Wine Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Updated rating since last bottle- Bought at release and cellared since. Have had a few bottles since release and held a couple back since I’ve always found BC to age well. This has held up nicely, still has bright acidity and a fuller body than I remembered.
  
  Nose was muted at first and as it opened still had some citrus notes and lemon curd not much oak at all. Wouldn’t guess it was 13 years old and definitely has improved with additional time in the bottle.

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  5/4/2019 - West Coast Wine Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Gold in color showing signs of its age but nose is still fresh and primarily citrus, lemon some slight notes of herbs and salinity/ocean air which is reminiscent of a white burgundy. Still has med+ acidity and no clear signs of age other than a little more rich fruit but sound wine with nice balance. Really good wine not sure on the other notes but this bottle was purchased on release and cellared at appropriate temps and humidity so may have just aged better since bottle showed no adverse signs of age and all present agreed without knowing was likely 4 years old not 9 years. Enjoy if you still have some would not see much upside to holding longer.

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  4/30/2017 - jamjoh01 wrote: 88 Points

  Unlike the Gnesa the 2010 3-D is still a solid wine. Nose is similar (not good) but the wine still tastes fresh with lots of acid and none of the off flavor on the mid-palate.
  
  Not a great chard but still drinkable.

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  4/11/2017 - mtwehr wrote: 87 Points

  Seems to have fallen apart since I last tried it a couple years ago. Hot alcohol and oak in the nose; rich, creamy, full body but tasted cooked, almost burned butterscotch, touch of citrus with that hot alcohol presence. No real faults, but disappointing.

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  11/9/2016 - Sour Grapes Does not like this wine: 79 Points

  Good acidity but did not care for the oak that was too present, nor the butterscotch flavor that crept in. Maybe consuming this earlier would have resulted in a wine that was more crisp, but I only had this one bottle.

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