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| Drinking Windows and Values |
| Drinking window: Drink between 2018 and 2023 (based on 26 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 87.5 pts. and median of 87 pts. in 7 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Neecies on 10/31/2023: In fine shape, better than a bottle two years ago, and shows well for its age though more about stoney minerality than fruit at this point. Drink, don't hold. (130 views) | | | Tasted by Neecies on 5/20/2022: Still quite good; few signs of age. Wes Hagen, we miss you! (203 views) | | | Tasted by Neecies on 1/12/2020: Very unusual for an American chardonnay. Nose of Vitamin B and gunpowder with mild pear and lemon fruit on the palate. (332 views) | | | Tasted by Neecies on 11/23/2019: Identical to April's bottle. On cruise, and should hold here for a few years. (302 views) | | | Tasted by Neecies on 4/30/2019: The best possible intersection of old world ideas and new world fruit, my perfect kind of chardonnay. Pale yellow, intense yet generous, steely but fruity, thrilling acidity and absolutely nothing tropical about it. And it doesn't show any age. This is a California chardonnay that ages like real Burgundy, and '14 was the kind of vintage that will age well. These should chill till 2024 easy. (324 views) | | | Tasted by EMichels on 1/28/2018 & rated 87 points: Medium rich; Mouthfilling; Too big (488 views) | | | Tasted by Sftx21 on 1/15/2017 & rated 88 points: Nice lemon and citrus taste. Crisp with short finish (525 views) |
| By Antonio Galloni
Vinous, Santa Barbara Dreamin'… Part One & Part Two (Sep 2018) (9/1/2018)
(Clos Pepe Estate Chardonnay Central Coast White) Subscribe to see review text. |
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| Clos Pepe Estate 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 Central Coasthttp://www.ccwinegrowers.org/links.html
http://www.discovercaliforniawines.com/regional-wine-organizations/
http://beveragetradenetwork.com/en/btn-academy/list-of-winegrowers-association-in-central-coast-california-274.htm
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