HDH auction tasting at Tru; 3/21/2014-3/22/2014 (Chicago, IL): I've said before that Raveneau's wines don't taste like chardonnay, and I've meant that in a good way. Marcassin's "chardonnay" "wines" also don't taste like chardonnay, and I mean it in the worst possible way. No aromas besides oak. There are clearly defined wood tannins in this "wine"/wood extract product. You could run a bottle of this stuff through a woodchipper and get commercially viable woodchips. Yuck.
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Light gold color. Nice nose of citrus and vanillin. Medium body, ripe fruit, plenty of acid, pretty good dose of oak, not getting any caramel or buttery stuff like others have noted. Not Burgundian, definite oak streak, but also more acid balancing the fruit than the typical California chard.
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Absolutely deliciously rich full-bodied citrus fruit with hazelnut and vanillin flavors, excellent structure, depth, and layers of complexity, ample acidity, long finish, just a great chardonnay
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7/17/2016 - buckeye76 wrote: 94 Points
MELONS, CITRUS, PINEAPPLE, AND FLORAL IN THE NOSE. PEACHES, NECTARINES, AND CITRUS IN THE FLAVOR. LONG LINGERING FINISH.
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3/21/2014 - acyso wrote: 60 Points
HDH auction tasting at Tru; 3/21/2014-3/22/2014 (Chicago, IL): I've said before that Raveneau's wines don't taste like chardonnay, and I've meant that in a good way. Marcassin's "chardonnay" "wines" also don't taste like chardonnay, and I mean it in the worst possible way. No aromas besides oak. There are clearly defined wood tannins in this "wine"/wood extract product. You could run a bottle of this stuff through a woodchipper and get commercially viable woodchips. Yuck.
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9/22/2013 - dbg wrote:
Light gold color. Nice nose of citrus and vanillin. Medium body, ripe fruit, plenty of acid, pretty good dose of oak, not getting any caramel or buttery stuff like others have noted. Not Burgundian, definite oak streak, but also more acid balancing the fruit than the typical California chard.
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6/29/2013 - Harry Cantrell Likes this wine: 94 Points
Gold. Mellow vanilla, lemon cream, buttery nose. taste was mouthfilling, rich strong,vanilla cream, citrus, kiwi. Good.
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6/17/2012 - Amerique wrote: 96 Points
Absolutely deliciously rich full-bodied citrus fruit with hazelnut and vanillin flavors, excellent structure, depth, and layers of complexity, ample acidity, long finish, just a great chardonnay
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