2018 Chanin Chardonnay Sanford & Benedict Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (5) Avg Score: 91.4 points

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  1/22/2023 - Hallvard91 wrote: 90 Points

  Overall warm, full-bodied Chardonnay
  Nose: perfumed, butter, honey, smoke, yellow apples, some floral notes.
  
  Tasting: nice malolactic mouth feel, full-bodied, med acid. Some tropical notes, pineapple, citrus and some bitterness towards finish. Hint of pear. Long buttery aftertaste with hint of pear. 90p

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  12/26/2021 - Es7e2003 Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Pale lemon in glass. Medium plus on the nose. Lemon, flint, smoke, white peaches, nectarine, and pineapple. Medium to medium plus body and acidity. Good finish. Quite complex for $30.

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  12/3/2021 - tward Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Excellent, but barely into its drinking window. Deep and textured with spice, baking and fresh citrus, lemon, apple, hints of tropical fruits. Dry extract. The oak isn't fully integrated yet, so for my taste it was too pronounced and butting up against the wine as much as supporting it. There was an unexpected dip towards the end before a medium finish, but I'm confident this will fill in.
  
  I decanted this a couple of hours the first night, which improved it vs. a sip at PnP. Half of the bottle left capped overnight (no suction, no gas) drank the same the following night. This is really sturdy and built to age at least five years.
  
  '91' with likely meaningful upside
  
  13.5% abv
  
  Really nice QPR on $30 close-out, a wine I've never see discounted meaningfully in any vintage. Bought some more to lay down.

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  3/20/2021 - "Rhône Rider" Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Covid-smaking. Norge fulstendig nedstengt. Viner ble distribuert rundt fra hus til hus til alle deltakere. Smaking hjemme over Teams.
  • 2018 Chanin Sanford & Benedict Vineyard Sta. Rita Hiils Chardonnay (Frederik F1)
  13,5 %
  Farge: Lys strågul, lite tårer.
  Duft: Intens nese med Gule epler, nøtter, hvite blomster og sitron.
  Smak: Høy konsentrassjon, høy syre. Melne epler, nedfallsfrukt, honning, nøtter, blomster. Frukten trekker meg i retning av en Jura. Mineralene er også kalkaktige. Veldig kompleks. Litt rik, men balanseres pent av syren. Meget lang.
  Vurdering: Høy kvalitet, Lang ettersmak, litt rikere.
  Poeng: 92

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  1/7/2021 - Pinot_Geek Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Tropical fruit, a medium-ripe exotic quality plus hint of flint, chalk and welcome balancing acid. This is stellar, white Burg-esque chard in the best sense. Love it.

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