2014 DuMOL Chardonnay Russian River Valley

Community Tasting Notes (43) Avg Score: 91.3 points

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  11/27/2023 - Jmrobotics Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Delightful.

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  11/2/2023 - SommWineExp Likes this wine: 96 Points

  Bright golden. The most pronounced color of a Russian River bottling from DuMOL ever. Tasting in its prime. Lush mouth feel, highlighted vanilla wood, poached pear, with a very long finish. Best of their non-vineyard designation Chards.

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  11/29/2022 - RAD wrote: flawed

  PnP. Very much unlike my tasting on 5/26/22. First thing I noticed was the different color. This bottle is a deeper gold, not unlike other Russian River Chardonnays I've had, and in contrast to the pale-straw, Sauvignon-Blancy color of the same wine on 5/26/22. Cork was good, and bottles have identical provenance (natural 55-65 underground root cellar). Oxidized hazelnut element on the nose, and not in a good way, a la Kistler "Les Noisetiers," which I've always enjoyed. There's some good acidity and pineapple upside-down cake behind the predominant oxidized hazelnut. Ugh.

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  9/25/2022 - SMHalps Likes this wine: 93 Points

  My last bottle of this vintage, and it seems to have improved in the few years since my previous bottle. Brought this to a family dinner and it was a big hit.

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  5/26/2022 - RAD Likes this wine: 89 Points

  It's been five and a half years (!) since I've had this wine. Very drinkable, but has peaked since my last note on 12/14/2016. Pale straw; nearly sauvignon blanc-ish. Faint pineapple, green apple, a one-table-away lightly buttered toast, and a distant, floral honeysuckle, but far more reserved than my last note. Midweight palate has a light viscosity, and vibrant acidity. Does improve with air. Lovely, restrained chardonnay, but lacking the presence it had a few years ago.
  
  (Three days later...) Didn't realize I had some left in the fridge. Still good.

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