2018 Cuvaison Chardonnay Carneros

Community Tasting Notes (8) Avg Score: 87.9 points

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  3/12/2024 - Amberissey Likes this wine: 86 Points

  Upon opening, the worry was that it was going to be all that can be wrong with new world chardonnay, massive oak to the detriment of anything else in the wine. Luckily, this had sorted itself out by the second glass. Very big ripe flavours of orchard fruit. Pretty good value at £21 in a bin end sale.

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  11/8/2022 - curtex Likes this wine: 82 Points

  Fairly typical California Chardonnay. Apple and pear notes, good balance of fruit and acidity. But too much oak for our taste.

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  3/21/2022 - ABOVETHEINFLUENCE wrote:

  I got this for $14 ..yes fourteen at a local supermarket...anyways its waxy and smoky,burnt yellow fruit...and low acid...yet never gets heavy or thick its all savory and dark ...if you can describe chard that way? light color its all class imo...

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  1/8/2022 - Ellen5181 Does not like this wine: 78 Points

  Appearance - clear, medium plus gold, it’s been in oak.
  
  Nose - clean, youthful, medium plus intensity, more wood than fruit, pulling some floral but with air getting more oak. Some alcohol eye burn. Baking spices and cedar.
  
  Palate - it’s been open a while and has warmed up for a few hours.definitely more oak than fruit. It started out less pronounced but….alas, this is what you think of when you hear Cali chard. There is a crisp minerality, acidity is medium and cuts the oak, but I’m not really getting much fruit here. I’ve also probably not paired it properly it’s too heavy for a lighter meal. Body is medium plus. Finish is medium plus. You get a burst in the back palate. Picking up Italian herbs
  
  I suspect paired with a roast chicken this would be nicer. Also hard cheeses. Salmon in a garlic butter sauce. It has the acidity to cut through richness.
  
  It’s not a big Cali chard, more subtle, just heavy on oak vs fruit. Not my style. I paid NYC premium here and not sure it’s worth the price ($32). It’s missing something for me.

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  12/19/2021 - Cac543 Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Vibrant; lemon buttery. Return to this one

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