2017 Duckhorn Vineyards Chardonnay Napa Valley

Community Tasting Notes (23) Avg Score: 89.2 points

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  10/23/2022 - ed-d wrote: 79 Points

  A half bottle I found on a close out shelf at a supermarket for a cheap price. Took a chance but it was pretty much shot.

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  11/26/2021 - JRS2012 Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Took to Lobster Dinner at Piedmont Club with Ben, Jay, and Dad

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  11/6/2021 - Thomas D Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Pale yellow golden color with nose of apple and lemon. Medium bodied, restrained acidity. Oak present but not overpowering. Very nice Chardonnay taste with everything in balance. Solid and dependable.

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  10/21/2021 - M.M. Likes this wine: 86 Points

  Exactly what I'm looking for in a Chardonnay. Smell "like chardonnay" - fruity, wood, taste is "like Molly's good stuff" - not the shiner but the "in the pocket" chardonnay. Very good body, good mouthfeel, good flavor. Kinda sweet though.

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  7/4/2021 - sfwinelover1 Likes this wine: 90 Points

  One off purchase ($21.99) from the big box wine store several months ago. On the nose and palate, sweet mixed stone fruit with lesser notes of sweet apples and pears and the slightest touch of lemon-lime on the back end, oak, vanilla, some butter and faint hints of river rocks and white florals. Pale straw, light to medium bodied (I have no idea how people are finding this to be full bodied), light legs. Virtually undetectable acidity (again, no idea where people are finding robust acidity), no heat. Moderate complexity, light persistence and intensity. Like both Mt. Eden and Merryvale, I've been drinking Duckhorn (although more the cabs, merlots and SB than the chard), and its companion winery, Goldeneye, for about as long as I've been drinking CA wine, and even though I've generally liked their wines, I've typically found them a step or perhaps two below the other 2 wineries and not always the most exciting qpr. This inviting, easygoing wine came out of the bottle virtually the same way it finished 5 days later (while I am drinking more slowly, part of the pause was another Palo Alto internment), at all times highly enjoyable, with a creamy texture with a hint of cotton candy. But while this wine was very enjoyable, it stopped a bit short of being a very good wine, as it need more of a counter--whether savory or tart or preferably both--to the general feeling of sweetness and softness in the wine. This bottling was a step above counterparts like the La Crema Sonoma County (or is it Sonoma Coast?) and the Acacia Carneros, both quaffable wines themselves, because of a more interesting and diverse flavor profile, and still had a more than reasonable qpr at what I paid. That said, the notes of sweet fruit make it better as a standalone than as a food companion, even if I didn't give it the best food matches. I'd buy this again at what I paid, particularly as a warm weather sipper, likely to be a hit with friends for whom some of the higher acidity chards I prefer would be less likely to be successful. Drinking really well now, and it's staying power was appreciated, but I suspect unlikely to get better and probably not going to be the longest lived, so I'd drink in the next 2-3 years. 90+

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