2016 Goodfellow Family Cellars Chardonnay Ribbon Ridge Cuvée

Community Tasting Notes (13) Avg Score: 90.2 points

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  4/21/2024 - OregonLoafer Likes this wine:

  Cellartracker tells me this is my last bottle. What a shame. I enjoyed this most on day 3 (none remained beyond that).
  
  I haven’t been drinking a ton of wine in the last year or so, and not a lot has moved me during that time. But once again it’s a Goodfellow bottle that smacks me in the face and reminds me why I have a somewhat silly number of bottles from Oregon in my cellar/closet, and why this label makes up a disproportionate amount of it.

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  7/12/2023 - OregonLoafer Likes this wine:

  Trying to drink my last couple bottles of this. A terrible burden, I know.
  
  This bottle is confirming my "drink now" appraisal. Excellent right out of the bottle. This does a good job of straddling the line between something rich, full and stinky on the one hand, and something that tastes like a chalky refreshing mountain stream on the other hand.
  
  I have one bottle left and will be drinking it soon to ensure I catch it while it's this vibrant. At least in my storage conditions, I don't see upside and it's delicious now.

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  2/4/2023 - OregonLoafer Likes this wine:

  Drinking very well. No reduction on opening, and, unusually for a Goodfellow chardonnay (or most of the Chardonnay I drink), this was great as a PnP, and I enjoyed it more on day 1 than on day 2.
  
  It’s richer than I recall past bottles being, with a beeswaxy thing going on alongside a wonderful wet-rock character. It put on a bit more weight on day 2 and IMO lacked the cut to balance it out quite as much as I wanted, but it was still delicious. Earlier in the week I had drunk some Paetra WV Riesling, though, so maybe my bar for acidic cut in a wine had been set a little high 😂
  
  tl;dr: A solid wine at its peak. Drink now.

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  6/2/2022 - wlsch Likes this wine: 91 Points

  PnP. Really solid and a great value. Pear, apple, lemon citrus, mineral, hint of oak adds a baked apple note. Still has some reduction on opening, but this has come along nicely since last tasted three years ago. Still has that leaner, steely quality. Medium body, medium acid. This is wonderful now, but still has a few more years of upside. Yes, the single vineyard chards are certainly better, but this is the best value in the Goodfellow chardonnay line up. One more bottle left and we'll see how well I can hang onto it for a few more years.

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  9/12/2021 - OregonLoafer Likes this wine:

  This wine is just in a great spot. Finishing it on day two, it’s a nice mix steely and beeswaxy. It’s floral, it’s got some lemony white stone fruit going on, it’s got good acid. Touch up in intensity from the WV offering.
  
  
  I’m sure this will hold, but for my money drink now while the 2017s and single vineyards come around some more (and let’s be real you’ve already drunk your Richards cuvees).

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