2008 Paul Hobbs Chardonnay Ritchie Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (12) Avg Score: 92.9 points

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  12/7/2018 - TastesGoodToMe Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Still drinking well. Pear and apple flavors. Nice balance

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  9/12/2015 - Redrunners Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Popped and poured.
  
  Initially a little tart, and wondered if this was past its prime. However, smoothed out nicely and opened up after about 15 minutes.
  
  Solid elegant fruit with apple, pear, and honeysuckle. Good acid balance and length. Nice Paul Hobbs wine from Sonoma for the money. 91-92 points

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  4/2/2015 - kgoldsbe Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Sweet floral notes on the nose, full bodied in texture, there is a nice balance between the vanilla and honey flavors and the tart finish.

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  6/21/2014 - bgriffi1 Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Really refined chardonnay.

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  2/1/2014 - edwilley3 wrote: 91 Points

  Rating this a 91 without a decant and not in an optimal glass; with a little decanting and a better glass it easly could have earned a higher score, although it is not a "classic" wine. Paul Hobbs allowed the fruit to ripen nicely for this wine. Major league notes of honeysuckle lept out of the glass. The midpalate was not as expressive as I guessed based only on the nose, but overall this is an elegant Sonoma chardonnay in a moderately intense style. Moderate, graceful finish followed a candied pear-esque palate that had a lovely tactile sweetness although not a huge depth, i.e. it didn't really have a huge range of secondary flavors. (I didn't take notes, so I don't have the complete description.) Consumed with Mediterranean food and it played reasonably well with the cold items. I think that with my typical white wine glass (a crystal mid-sized Beaujolais glass that helps to focus the nose) this would have been in the 93 range. Blows away the revolting Patz and Hall I had last week which was $10 more. If you tend to like Sonoma chardonnay, this is a good choice in the affordable range (being half the price of a big boy Sonoma chardonnay like Aubert). If you like steely, racy whites, avoid this.

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