2013 Rivers-Marie Chardonnay Joy Road Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (31) Avg Score: 91.6 points

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  5/3/2023 - Mrbuzz Likes this wine: 94 Points

  As with most of my allo RM wines, I tend to suck them down too quickly...always wanted to see what some age would do to the chards, so I found some of these recently. The first bottle I had was just too prickly with oak, and really disjointed. This second bottle was spot on! The fruit is still quite youthful with snappy orchard fruits...really creamy and rich, yet soured up with a squeeze of lemon and pineapple...little tropical touch of coconut...the oak it still prominent...showing lovely well integrated vanilla creme and white cedar spice...just gorgeous full bodied full flavored Calif Chard with plenty of savory minerality and white flower florals...just the slightest of honey, but really no signs of decline. This was a killer bottle!

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  3/27/2023 - Mrbuzz Likes this wine:

  really bitty with oak

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  6/23/2020 - Sonoma-W Likes this wine: 96 Points

  Outstanding! Surprisingly fresh for a 7 year old chardonnay

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  4/10/2020 - danielbleier Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Maria did not enjoy as much as I did. This had plenty of herb notes mixed in with light tropical fruit flavors.

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  2/7/2020 - Brunello123 Likes this wine: 94 Points

  This wine is drinking very well right now.

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