2017 Goodfellow Family Cellars Chardonnay Durant Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (28) Avg Score: 91.9 points

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  7/16/2023 - Bob H wrote:

  It is interesting to me that many, if not most Oregon Chardonnay producers, still seem to fly somewhat under the radar. I guess I should be grateful of that fact given the minuscule production of Marcus Goodfellow’s various wines, but this is truly a kick ass Chardonnay that deserves much wider recognition. Reductive and structured, if I can somehow manage to bury a couple, this wine feels like it will still be drinking well for another 5-10 years.

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  1/25/2023 - cct wrote: 93 Points

  Pop and pour. Drunk over a couple nights. Limpid golden color. Flinty and fresh on the nose with citrus more than orchard fruit, stone, and florals. Midweighted at most yet intense and toothsome. More of the same fruit and soil character on the palate. this is focused deep yet lifted and seemingly conveying its power with a sense grace and subtlety. Nothing really stands out, it's just a cohesive, serious yet playfully easy to drink. Day two this gained some focus and depth. I adore this bottling. Still youthfully delicious.

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  1/15/2023 - Barsacpinci Likes this wine:

  Beautiful golden color. A bit oaky. Couldn't get much out of the nose beside the oak. On palate lots of acidity. I taste citrus flavors like lime and grapefruit. I think maybe sit on this for another year.

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  12/21/2022 - ptaylor2112 wrote:

  I don't have much experience with Durant chardonnays, but this one did not scream Oregon on my palate. The mineral and acid components were more muted than other tasters have noted. I prefer my Chardonnays more on the bracing side, so perhaps this is a function of bottle age.

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  8/28/2022 - Bob H wrote:

  This is a day 2 note - I just had a glass of the 2018 Durant, which was one of my favorites yesterday, but today I might actually prefer this wine. This does have a reductive note on the nose, but this is total class on the palate, with minerality, good acidity and almost a sense of weightlessness as the wine spreads out on your palate - deelish, to say the least!

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