2009 Tolo Cellars Chardonnay

Community Tasting Notes (2) Avg Score: 89.5 points

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  12/22/2015 - Nick & Sandy Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Rich gold; mellow roasted/carmalized pear with melted butter
  
  Classic paso chard---native yeast fermentation cultivated within a stones throw of the Tolo tasting room--these flavors don't just happen over night; they are earned and grown over decades of wine making. They lend a complexity to the wine not present younger/less experienced bottles.

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  1/11/2015 - bretrooks wrote:

  Not decanted, consumed over ~1 1/2 hours. The nose was intriguing on this, primarily showing preserved lemon and something just slightly nutty. Unfortunately, the palate seemed to fall flat in comparison, with very slight hints of pithy lemon peeking through a restrained oxidized profile which didn't have much of a mid-palate. I'm not sure if this is slightly flawed or just in a bad place or what, but it's too bad because the nose was pretty promising.

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