2020 Maybach Family Vineyards Chardonnay Eterium

Community Tasting Notes (2) Avg Score: 94 points

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  8/13/2022 - WineBurrowingWombat Likes this wine:

  Last minute audible.. (Far from the Lair): Hard to score this at this gathering: the food we had interfered with the flavors a lot, making the wine more pronounced with bitterness. Nose still seemed normal though with deep yellow fruits and a touch of brown toast, which I didn't get this when I first had it back in March.
  
  Flavors were muddled by strong bitterness but there are hints of ripe yellow fruits and some dried straw.

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  3/12/2022 - WineBurrowingWombat Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Nose: [48°-52°] Pleasant white fleshed fruit with just a touch of yellow fruits like halved pears, with bright wet river stones. There's a backdrop of wet sand as if you are on a coast minus the salinity. [58°+] Fruits become a bit more ripe and leans more towards the yellow fruit spectrum.
  
  Palate: [50°-54°] Soft fruits, dried minerals, a bit of straw/hay, and grass with damp sand. [56°+] A pleasantly toasted bread note emerges - imagine literally a perfectly toasted slice of bread (however you like it).
  
  Attributes: Turbid/hazy medium straw. Dry with little to no tannin. Medium to medium-plus body with medium-minus to medium acidity. Good finish of at least 20-22 seconds.
  
  Thoughts: Lesson learned - decant your whites. I decided to open this one as well to do a comparison with Vice Versa's Chardonnay (varietal-wise only since this was different producers and vintages compared to the Vice Versa Chardonnay). The fruit flavors were similar but the beauty is where the different flavor profiles and styles are laid out. VV had a clarity of fruit and freshness, but Maybach had a deepness to its flavors and a really pleasant earthiness that plays quite well with the fruit. Always fun to do side-by-side as it is always eye-opening (even humbling at times :P).
  
  Serving notes: Burgundy glass. Served one glass and emptied bottle into a decanter at cellar temp ~55° and consumed over 7.5 hours. Recommend serving ~45°-58° with a decant of at least 2-4 hours at cellar temp if opening now.

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