2014 Ridge Chardonnay Estate

Community Tasting Notes (113) Avg Score: 90.2 points

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  12/31/2023 - Kevin Tabs wrote: 93 Points

  Getting a little long in the tooth but good oak and buttery smooth. Stood up to lobster and scallop risotto and a tenderloin roast!

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  12/5/2023 - robertgf wrote: 89 Points

  Reductive nose; not my thing. Palate has an "oaky bite" on finish. Medium to full body.

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  5/19/2023 - Putnam Weekley Likes this wine: 89 Points

  Pale, pretty straw color. Savory piña, chalk, sand, kiwi, caramel. A drink is governed by dry, raspy, crumbled earth-scented restraints even as it seeks to communicate green sugar and waxy pine roots. Vacancy appears in the middle, a manifest contrast with chunky, roasted earth sweetness.
  UPDATE: 96 hours later, resealed tabletop. it's holding up pretty well. Oak is now more forward. Good thing the wood is selectively sweet. Acidity is climbing in a way that reminds me of good sake. It's a study in inspired, Norman preservation. I'm impressed by its drinkability after all this time. Maybe I should hold my last bottle for another few years?

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  1/8/2023 - Todd French wrote:

  Pop and pour - I'm sure it will continue to change in the glass/bottle but I was so shocked by this wine's transformation I wanted to come write my note right away. The nose is packed with flint, dead ringer for a reductive white Burgundy - lots of white pepper and Chinese spice as well, loads of salinity, touch of tropical fruit - really alluring nose, whereas the last time I had this, some years ago, it was just oak and hot on the nose. Palate is rich, I'm getting some toasty oak on there, apples, nice texture and weight, waxy, good finish. A testament to waiting until a wine is 'right' to open.

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  9/11/2022 - Doblk wrote: 91 Points

  Light amber color. Caramel nose. Big fruit - pineapple, melon - with prominent oak and acidity. I don’t get much butter or Malo, which to my taste is a good thing. Lots of secondary notes. Complex - it took a while to decide, but I came to like it. It has held up well. Perhaps an American Meursault.

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