Drank this wine sometime during the past month after putting it into the "you'd better drink this soon" section of my cellar. Glad a I did! I've enjoyed this bottling more and more over time after grabbing a six-pack (from costco!) about 9 years ago. This was the last one. No formal notes, but memory tells me that, while showing some age, oxidation was in line with an 11-year-old chard. A bit of smoky richness that I didn't remember, but still very fresh and lively and a clean and lingering finish. I wouldn't sit on this any longer, but I was very impressed with the longevity and complexity gained over age give the extremely modest tariff from back in the day.
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Lovely. I am usually ABC but this was delightful. Fresh, fruit, minerality and a little creamy but not NorCal buttery and overpowering. Despite the vintage very fresh. More should produce Chardonnay like this. Very good indeed.
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7/20/2015 - sunalsorises wrote: 94 Points
Wow this has improved from 5 years ago. Great balance. Nice acidity with mineral notes. I wish I had more. Great wine.
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11/30/2013 - blaine Likes this wine: 90 Points
Drank this wine sometime during the past month after putting it into the "you'd better drink this soon" section of my cellar. Glad a I did! I've enjoyed this bottling more and more over time after grabbing a six-pack (from costco!) about 9 years ago. This was the last one. No formal notes, but memory tells me that, while showing some age, oxidation was in line with an 11-year-old chard. A bit of smoky richness that I didn't remember, but still very fresh and lively and a clean and lingering finish. I wouldn't sit on this any longer, but I was very impressed with the longevity and complexity gained over age give the extremely modest tariff from back in the day.
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4/14/2012 - gingerbreadman Likes this wine: 92 Points
Lovely. I am usually ABC but this was delightful. Fresh, fruit, minerality and a little creamy but not NorCal buttery and overpowering. Despite the vintage very fresh. More should produce Chardonnay like this. Very good indeed.
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7/2/2010 - sunalsorises wrote: 91 Points
This bottle seemed to have more life than prior bottles. Good fruit balanced with acidity and nice minerality.
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2/1/2010 - blaine wrote: 88 Points
This bottle was better than last, opened up nicely and blew off some funk, good minerality, decent finish. Drink up
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