2018 Isole e Olena Chardonnay Collezione Privata Toscana IGT

Community Tasting Notes (18) Avg Score: 92.1 points

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  3/6/2024 - VAGenius Likes this wine: 92 Points

  PnP. Nose of honeydew melon, pear, petrol, and a hint of lemon peel. Palate delivers a sweet lemon bar and quince flavor with subdued gooseberry and hint of cumquat showing acidity. Tangerine peel, lemon, bitter almond and floral notes. This wine showed better on its own than with food.

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  3/4/2024 - Andy2014 Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Pronounced aromas of lemon, apple, pear, grapefruit, lime, butter, clove, vanilla, brioche, apricot yoghurt, hazelnut, almond, toast. Medium+ acidity, medium+ body and a long refreshing finish. This is outstanding. And I suspect may improve with a couple more years.

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  2/10/2024 - Mbad77 wrote: 90 Points

  Not sure I entirely enjoyed this - some bitter green, though not distasteful elements in quite a punchy package

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  7/7/2023 - GeokAthens wrote: 90 Points

  I bought this wine due to its high ratings on the internet.
  
  Lemon yellow, quite expressive on the nose with aromas of citrus and tropical fruits, white flowers, while the oak aging added vanilla and toasted hazelnut aromas to its bouquet.
  
  Medium to full bodied, that stays remarkably light in the mouth with citrus and apricot flavors. Its cool acidity prolongs its useful life expectancy, but the barrel’s influence on it blankets its quality features.

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  6/18/2023 - jmc167@me.com Likes this wine:

  Nose: White stone fruit, pineapple, jasmine, maybe honey suckle? Just a lot going on here, that makes me want to just enjoy the nose on this wine all night long.
  
  Palate: As @Ricard stated, the weight on this is a perfect balance, as is the fruit to acid to structure. Again, stone fruit, pineapple, with an impression of honey and cream, the acid arrives to maintain the balance and the finish lasts for minutes.
  
  Talk about a wine you want a case of!
  
  Thanks to @Tim Heaton for introducing me to this gem!

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