2008 TOR Chardonnay Cuvée Torchiana

Community Tasting Notes (9) Avg Score: 92.9 points

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  11/8/2017 - essconsults Does not like this wine: 87 Points

  This bottle has been opened about 10 days and has finally settled down but still displays more of those alcoholic buttery notes of my previous bottle (albeit 4 years ago). It's definitely not elegant and while interesting it's impossible to drink this without sensing something is wrong.

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  2/14/2014 - Wamrod wrote: 93 Points

  Now this is what most CA Chardonnays aspire to be. Wow - really loved the oak in this one, as it seamlessly added to the richness of the wine. That's not the normal reaction for me. Beautiful.

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  6/3/2013 - essconsults Likes this wine: 92 Points

  (Opened a bottle last night and was very disappointed. This has a classic high alcohol California burn with pretty much buttery popcorn as the only flavor profile. 88, but I'm being generous. Not something I would ever drink with pleasure.)
  Well-that was then. It took 26 hours for this to open up-amazing, so I am revising my score. Still a little too buttery and alcoholic, but delicious nonetheless. I will see if it further improves on day three, and I will hold off on my other three bottles for a few years.
  Third night-now less fruit but also has lost most of the heat. Even better at room temperature.

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  2/13/2013 - bugdoced Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Initially there was a less forward flavor pattern that was potentially past it's prime ,but opened up beautifully with balanced fruit and an elegance not experienced in previous younger wines that we have opened from this fine producer;will try and leave a few more sleep in the cellar a little longer

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  4/10/2012 - bugdoced wrote: 93 Points

  improving with time;the initial intense oak and butter settled quickly into a lovely tropical fruit and minerality that was both complex and balanced;terrific drinker

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