2004 Kongsgaard Chardonnay The Judge

Community Tasting Notes (44) Avg Score: 94.1 points

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  2/4/2023 - ash_then_chase wrote: 93 Points

  Wow… leather on the nose. Like Barolo leather. From a goddamn white. Palate is as complex and curvy as one can find. Bruised red apple, just a touch astringent to finish, interestingly candle wax and a touch of camphor. Nose eventually shifts into vanilla cupcake frosting, maple syrup, caramel, cotton candy. BQ and I agree — as if a kid took his Halloween candy and dumped it in a pot and turned the heat on. Just at the end of the drinking window. @ Oiji Mi

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  6/11/2022 - TWSA Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Nose: honey, red date, brioche, butter
  Notes: I've been very lucky to find a very reputable restaurant with a very generously priced wine list so this was my choice of white for the night. I think the 2004 Judge is a bit on the sweet side (actually it's Chardonnay had similar aroma and palate also) but it's very delicious. With an interesting mix of sweet nose such as honey and red date together with the toasty nose of brioche and butter, this wine is rather sensational. I consider Kongsgaard to be the best Chardonnay maker in the US and I think this wine will be the perfect evidence to my thesis. Inevitably a top Burgundy will demonstrate more finesse in both the nose and palate but I think the Kongsgaard is every bit as intense as a grand cru Burgundy white. The 04 Judge is fully mature and I believe it's time to drink up without any hesitation. I think we should be able to enjoy this for 5 more years before it deteriorates.
  Drink: Now - 2027
  Rating: 94

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  9/6/2019 - Herb K wrote:

  I am astounded by how this ‘04 has shed so gracefully. Still delicious. Truly a “Grand Cru” of CA!

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  10/8/2018 - Peech wrote: 90 Points

  opened about 50 minutes prior to serving. Very caramelized and sweet nose, with vanilla. Overripe as I had feared and hot on the palate. Mineral and flint notes, with almost a little acetone. After 1½ hours the nose turned really buttery.

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  9/5/2018 - Burgundy Al wrote: flawed

  Chardonnay Shootout: Burgundy vs New World, Double Blind (Booth One - Chicago IL): Badly oxidized. I was able to correctly identify this (double blind) as a New World Chardonnay.

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