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| Community Tasting Notes (average 92.8 pts. and median of 93 pts. in 12 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Sanlucar on 8/15/2021 & rated 92 points: A huge improvement over my last bottle of Hobbs Chardonnay, the Ulises Valdez was very juicy and full of very bold lemon, tangerine and peach flavors. Quintessential Sonoma: the cool climate makes for deeper flavor and better balance. (352 views) | | | Tasted by redz on 2/25/2021 & rated 93 points: That's a nose like I've never smelled (smelt?) before. There seem to be diverse descriptions on CT, but all seem to agree it's a luscious nose. I'm a little transported to Asia, so I've got to go with white flowers, honeysuckle, pear, and a hint of jasmine. Fresh on the palate, white peaches, delicious. Long finish. A wine to be savored. (309 views) | | | Tasted by Callybrian on 12/23/2020 & rated 94 points: A wonderful, sultry buttery caramel on the nose. The palate is rich with oak and butter with lemon zest on the finish which really helps balance the wine out. (300 views) | | | Tasted by SMZ on 9/28/2017 & rated 92 points: Poor QPR (1134 views) | | | Tasted by SMZ on 9/23/2017 & rated 93 points: Not the Rombauer style I like the most, but still quite good (924 views) | | | Tasted by markcic on 9/10/2017 & rated 92 points: At our favorite sushi restaurant, white flowers on the nose, the palate is white plums, wet stones, almonds and a hint of grass on the finish which was long. A really excellent wine. (853 views) | | | Tasted by Ridgerunner on 1/26/2016 & rated 93 points: great Russian River Chard (1246 views) | | | Tasted by timdrex on 7/1/2015 & rated 91 points: Notes of green apple on the nose. Light on the buttery notes, beautiful oak balance. (1386 views) | | | Tasted by Dennis Graves on 5/21/2015 & rated 96 points: One of my quests in wine is to find a new world chardonnay that satisfies as much as a fine pinot, even though rated highly. Although most highly rated chardonnays disappoint me, this wine does not. Indeed, I think the Parker 93 rating does not do it justice. Although still young, this wine is in the league of the really top California chardonnays I have had (eg, the top Rochiolli and Kistler wines). Butterscotch and spice, with excellent balance and depth of flavor. Drinks well now, but should improve over at least the next two years.
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Vinous, Sonoma, Anderson Valley and Beyond: New Releases (Jan 2015) (1/1/2015)
(Paul Hobbs Chardonnay Ulises Valdez Vineyard Russian River Valley) Subscribe to see review text. | By Josh Raynolds
Vinous, May/June 2014, IWC Issue #174
(Paul Hobbs Winery Chardonnay Ulises Valdez Vineyard Russian River Valley) Subscribe to see review text. | By Antonio Galloni
Vinous, Sonoma and Beyond: New Releases (Feb 2014)
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| Paul Hobbs Producer websiteChardonnay The Chardonnay GrapeUSAAmerican wine has been produced since the 1500s, with the first widespread production beginning in New Mexico in 1628. Today, wine production is undertaken in all fifty states, with California producing 84% of all U.S. wine. The continent of North America is home to several native species of grape, including Vitis labrusca, Vitis riparia, Vitis rotundifolia, and Vitis vulpina, but the wine-making industry is based almost entirely on the cultivation of the European Vitis vinifera, which was introduced by European settlers. With more than 1,100,000 acres (4,500 km2) under vine, the United States is the fourth-largest wine producing country in the world, after Italy, Spain, and France.California2021 vintage: "Unlike almost all other areas of the state, the Russian River Valley had higher than normal crops in 2021, which has made for a wine of greater generosity and fruit forwardness than some of its stablemates." - Morgan Twain-Peterson Sonoma CountyMendocino CountyRussian River Valley Russian River Valley Winegrowers Association | Wikipedia |
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