Pale yellow core. Intense lemon & stone aromas. Medium bodied, with a rich palate, but still maintaining freshness. Aromas present itself upon tasting, with a bit of fresh quince and buttered popcorn to add complexity. Nice long finish with a touch of chalk & herbs. So vibrant & wonderful. A wine that screams for oysters, crab, or lobster. If you can manage to have them Cantonese style, the match would probably send you toes curled to another dimension. Fantastic 93-95 (now to 2017).
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2/7/2014 - JonnyG Likes this wine: 94 Points
A Wayward Lunch That Was Supposed to be All About Central Coast Chardonnay (Santa Ynez Kitchen, Santa Ynez, CA): The best bottle yet of this case, with loads of promise for further refinement with additional age. An irresistible nose of toasted marshmallow, caramel and butterscotch, yet amazingly restrained and balanced on the palate. Unanimous wine of the day.
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5/27/2013 - JonnyG Likes this wine: 93 Points
A Holiday Weekend BBQ (or "How I milked my birthday an extra few days") (Rancho de Los Olivos): This bottle rewarded us with a perfectly mature and luscious example of restrained and elegant chardonnay, more Burgundian than Central Coast, with silky notes of apple, stone fruit, herbs and citrus, through to a long and lush finish.
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3/17/2013 - MarkLA wrote: 93 Points
Pale yellow core. Intense lemon & stone aromas. Medium bodied, with a rich palate, but still maintaining freshness. Aromas present itself upon tasting, with a bit of fresh quince and buttered popcorn to add complexity. Nice long finish with a touch of chalk & herbs. So vibrant & wonderful. A wine that screams for oysters, crab, or lobster. If you can manage to have them Cantonese style, the match would probably send you toes curled to another dimension. Fantastic 93-95 (now to 2017).
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1/1/2013 - JonnyG Likes this wine: 92 Points
Really drinking well, without the quick fade and metallic tinge to the finish that characterized my last bottle.
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12/30/2012 - mattsix wrote:
Lush with big acidity. Layered and complex. Very Bien Nacido, very good.
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