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| Community Tasting Notes (average 95.2 pts. and median of 96 pts. in 103 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Dancelzard on 7/14/2023 & rated 93 points: Probably a bit past prime but still delicious. Unfined with slight cloudiness, cork in good shape. Brioche, butter and white peach on noses. Fabulous mouth feel, butterscotch and white peach and long, lingering finish with a hint of anise. (894 views) | | | Tasted by etc on 3/31/2023: Just way too much much oak. At 15yrs of age I would have thought the oak would calm down or integrate better. The acid was also lacking to balance this out. Others thought is was a N Rhone because of the weight/mouthfeel. (875 views) | | | Tasted by dbkitc on 2/25/2023 & rated 98 points: My last bottle and boy so I feel lucky to have tasted this wine a few times. One of the best white wines I have ever tasted. Murky gold color despite standing up and decanting. The nose is incredible with mature fruits and cream corn. The palate is rich, full and filled with life. Feels like a vandage tardive Chardonnay that is totally dry. It’s got so much extract. Wow. (98) (1007 views) | | | Tasted by TWSA on 1/21/2023 & rated 91 points: Nose: lemon tart, cream, caramel, white flower, banana, waffles
Notes: My second time drinking this vintage. As usual this is a heavy, full bodied but absolutely aromatic white. With 14.9% ABV this would certainly put this wine on the slightly sweeter side. Certainly this top heavy wine can endure more time and I would predict another 5 years to reach its max potential. In fact after drinking so many vintages I would say that Marcassin wines are delicious yet probably too consistent and a little too heavy. Some wines are perhaps a little too oily and Marcassin I would say is one of them. One need not debate whether this is a great wine but what's debatable is whether it's worth the price tag attached to it.
Drink: 2028+
Rating: 91 (993 views) | | | Tasted by Minnesota on 12/3/2022 & rated 90 points: What bottle variation. Still not Marcassin that memories are made of but at least drinkable. In-your-face butterscotch. Decanted two hours. (1095 views) | | | Tasted by Minnesota on 11/27/2022 & rated 50 points: Totally undrinkable. Shame there are more in the cellar. All cooking wine? (776 views) | | | Tasted by huntinpagan on 11/11/2022 & rated 100 points: Purchased direct from winery and properly stored. Popped and poured. Paired with butter poached monkfish and enjoyed over several hours.
Pale golden hay yellow color. Nose is a bit reticent with white flower notes and white peach scents. Palate has great acidity. Figs, toasted bread , wet stones, white flower honey and immense depth and concentration. Super long finish, 60 seconds+.
A tour de force in California chardonnay and one of the best white wines I have had rhe pleasure to drink. Could last several more years but absolutely no reason to wait.
Perfect and one of a handful of white wines I have given a perfect score. (766 views) | | | Tasted by bsbrown05 on 10/23/2022 & rated 99 points: Drank this over 3 nights (opened Friday, finished Sunday) and this bottle showed absolutely no decline between the first day and this evening, when we finished the bottle. As such, I believe this wine has lots of years remaining. Agree with other recent TNs. This wine is hard to surpass. (702 views) | | | Tasted by Minnesota on 9/21/2022 & rated 86 points: Deep yellow coloration which I've come to learn not necessarily indicator of a bad Marcassin bottle but this one way, way off the mark. Odd totally off-putting burn on the finish. Choked down a glass hoping for improvement over time but no. Remainder going into marinara ragu. (750 views) | | | Tasted by Papies on 9/7/2022 & rated 94 points: Dinner at Pelagos, Astir Palace, Athens (Pelagos, Astir Palace, Athens): Tasted blind.
At the start while coldish the wine was more of a Rhône variety ( we guessed California Rhône Blend) but made in the US style but once it came to its own the notes were definitely of an oaky Chardonnay albeit a harmonious balance of oak and depth of flavour from the wine. 15yr young wine, lots of life ahead too. 94-95 (917 views) | | | Tasted by HRwines on 7/10/2022: This is still killing it with a classic chard nose, although leaning now towards an apple pie note. Amazing lemon curd cream on the palate with a hint of petrol mid-palate, and I would say that the acid intensity isn’t there (but with this style, was it ever?). Completely enjoyable bottle. (860 views) | | | Tasted by rustyRudy on 4/21/2022 & rated 98 points: Light yellow, beautifully balanced and elegant (1211 views) | | | Tasted by ricardito on 3/23/2022 & rated 98 points: Bottle purchased on release from Marcassin and stored at sub 10 degrees Celsius since delivery. Bright yellow with nose of intense ripe Saturn peach and lemon curd. Explosive Ataulfo mango and Ambrosia apple on the palate with a slap of lemon at the lengthy back end. The nose and palatal presence is off the charts, but the most impressive feature of this wine is the incredible viscosity, reminiscent of most DRC Montrachet vintages at a similar age-Wow! To put this in perspective, I have been purchasing from the Aubert Chardonnay mailing list since 2004, and this bottle slays any of those many bottlings, which is no small feat ! This is my new gold standard for New World Chardonnay and the best I have ever had to date! (1133 views) | | | Tasted by rustyRudy on 2/4/2022 & rated 96 points: Awesome, sublime, aged, lemon juice yellow, has ripe mango, marzipan, honey and buttery toast without being oaky. Best just cool. Had over 4 nights, Pivot worked well. (1337 views) | | | Tasted by bsbrown05 on 11/25/2021 & rated 99 points: Hard to surpass this profound Chardonnay. (1084 views) | | | Tasted by slywka7 on 10/30/2021 & rated 98 points: Poured from a Coravin’d bottle. Aromas of hazelnut, papaya, crushed rock, lemon oil and hint of mango. Flavors of mango, papaya, pineapple, lemon pie and macadamia nut. Ends with a great 50-55 second finish with tropical fruit notes. Still going strong with no signs of decline. (1195 views) | | | Tasted by rosenst1 on 8/1/2021 & rated 95 points: PnP. Very tight cork needed to use the Durand to extract it. Slightly cloudy Medium deep yellow. Very viscous given the legs. Clean nose with orchard fruits and a touch of tropical with some marzipan iike notes. On the palate this is wonderful; deep fruit but balanced with high acid and a very long finish. Not sure its up with the previous bottles at age 13 but wonderful. One of the most unctuous Marcassin Chards in my experience but not at all flabby. Great wine. (1284 views) | | | Tasted by pjhr on 7/2/2021 & rated 97 points: Another world-class Marcassin chard! Went beautifully with pan seared walleye! (1266 views) | | | Tasted by rustyRudy on 12/28/2020 flawed bottle: Started off with way more reductive sulfur than my multiple previous bottles, it improved but never came around completely. Just an off bottle.😖😢☹️ (1778 views) | | | Tasted by andrewdodd86 on 12/28/2020 flawed bottle: NR. Started super funky and reductive. Opened up and became drinkable. Still assuming it’s not a prime bottle so reserving judgment (1464 views) | | | Tasted by Jeff Leve on 10/27/2020 & rated 96 points: Rich, lush, round, full and deep, the wine now leans to the honeysuckle, orange rind, apple, pear and vanilla side. The fruit-filled finish really lingers. (2935 views) | | | Tasted by bigneil on 8/8/2020 & rated 97 points: So good. At 12 years old it’s pretty amazing. Tastes like a caramel dipped apple that we used to make at Halloween. Acidity is still there but that intense. Great mouthfeel and long finish. Not sure how much more this will evolve but it’s holding up very well and it’s delicious now so I’m going to keep drinking (1509 views) | | | Tasted by eschaefer on 5/22/2020 & rated 98 points: It’s that good. Read any review. It’s true (1644 views) | | | Tasted by Melli on 4/28/2020 & rated 98 points: Pretty amazing! (1407 views) | | | Tasted by Amerique on 1/1/2020 & rated 95 points: Citrus fruit with caramel flavors showed a touch of age and were slightly diminished (1561 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
| Chardonnay 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 CountySonoma Coast * Sonoma Coast AVA (Wikipedia)
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