2017 Raen Winery Chardonnay Charles Ranch

Community Tasting Notes (9) Avg Score: 92.7 points

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  1/27/2024 - Mbad77 wrote: 92 Points

  Still in great shape and I’m sure will be great in a number of years but my six will be gone by then.
  92+
  
  Has that open and good fruit feel with a nice bit of leanness on finish.
  12.5% sone melon and white fruit notes
  Mid weight - no real oak

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  12/18/2022 - Mbad77 wrote: 92 Points

  This has really put on some cream and weight since my last bottle and is showing well.
  Touch more butter / crème elements with still that lime undercurrent
  
  Give it air and those more citrus elements do come through over the initial buttery notes.

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  6/21/2022 - NoahCap wrote:

  There is a touch of cork taint, which is a shame, and doubtlessly had a negative effect on the overall experience. Nonetheless, this is a wine still in an embryonic stage, with tons of unrealized potential. Initially quite disappointing, but gaining in complexity as it took on air and evolved over the course of an evening. The nose and palate both dominated by lemons- lemon curd, lemon bars, preserved lemons.
  
  Remember when the teachers would elect one student to go outside and clap out the blackboard erasers? And the poor student would be left in a cloud of chalk dust? That smell comes out after a few hours, along with all those lemons, and the unfortunate top note of stinky TCA.
  
  Focused core of acidity that zips down the center of the tongue. Were it not for the cork taint, I think this would benefit from time in the bottle. Given the energy I'm tasting here, I could go for a long time and be the better for it.

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  8/6/2021 - N.Bonaparte wrote: 92 Points

  Popped and poured- still needs plenty of time to open up. Still not in its prime. Overall- everything is there for the making of a good wine with time. Revisit 2023

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  10/23/2020 - Rixon Likes this wine: 96 Points

  Gör en försiktig korrigering nedåt i betyg. But hey, fortfarande ett helt fantastiskt vin som för tankarna till Chablis Grand Cru. Denna flaska dricks vid blindprovning mot tufft motstånd. Och den vinner. Jag önskar verkligen jag hade fler.

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