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| Community Tasting Notes (average 92.6 pts. and median of 92 pts. in 9 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by grafstrb on 11/10/2023: -- decanted immediately before initial taste --
-- tasted non-blind over 1.5 hrs. --
NOSE: expressive and high-toned; apple, with a hint of butter; orange/lemon mix, with a bubblegum tail.
BODY: golden yellow color; lots of tartrate crystals present; {forgot to note weight}
TASTE: Lovely Chardonnay flavors, that lean just a little towards "fuzzy Chenin" in one sense, and lean a little "appley Manzanilla" in another; medium+ to high acidity; long finish, where the flor makes a faint, but noticeable, appearance; alc. is hidden; this continues to be absolutely stupendous! Ash gut impression score: 91. I'm still around 93. No apparent need to drink anytime soon, but it is quite pleasurable now. (920 views) | | | Tasted by Discobiscuits42 on 5/14/2023 & rated 94 points: Very nice. Excellent balance. Light straw color. Rather rounded out of the gate but not buttery yet remains light with an ethereal grip. Lemon grass, stone, yellow apple. Has a great zing. Very tasty!!! Becomes edgier with time in the decanter. Interesting progression. 12.8. Amazing body for low abv. Left in decanter for about six hours and continues to show very well. Very Chablis like. Just delicious. (1393 views) | | | Tasted by thalver on 3/17/2022: decanted and poured about fifteen minutes later...pleasant, but the last sips some time later showed much, much better (2574 views) | | | Tasted by Brian Glas on 2/7/2022 & rated 92 points: Tasted after 1 hour of air. Lemon curd. Racy acidity. Plenty of lift. Some well intergraded oak. Nice clean finish. Very nice. (2730 views) | | | Tasted by WetRock on 2/1/2022: This wine is a great reminder about serving temperatures. First popped, at fridge chill, the "voile" character really shows in the way of a sort of a light white vinegar character. As this warms, the Chardonnay fruit unfolds bringing that process character into balance. It also really makes this wine take flight. The lemon chiffon is really enhanced by the light sherry quality and vice versa. The finish has terrific lift, even with some chalky grip. It might have a touch too much tang still for some people used to richer Chardonnay but I think that will be folded into the Chardonnay further opening with a bit more age. A terrific dinner companion. A unique expression and very good. (2878 views) | | | Tasted by grafstrb on 5/12/2021 & rated 93 points: -- popped and poured --
-- tasted non-blind over 1.5 hours --
NOSE: high-toned; rich; lemony; reminds me of Arcadian's Sleepy Hollow; light notes of gueuze, oak, and freshly-cut grass.
BODY: medium maize color; medium-full bodied.
TASTE: high acidity; rich; alc. not noticeable (12.8%); strongly reminiscent of Arcadian's S.H.; light lemon; liked this a lot! Drink or Hold.
50, 5, 13, 17, 8 = 93 (3575 views) | | | Tasted by enthusiastic_amateur on 4/6/2020 & rated 92 points: Still very youthful, bright flavors & acidity. Needs a few years in the bottle to mature. Still even at this young age it is comparable to or perhaps indistinguishable from Premier or Grand Cru Chablis in blind tasting. (4946 views) | | | Tasted by brigcampbell on 2/23/2020: Damnit, Eric is crushing it with Chardonnay and this is another KILLER bottling. Clean, balanced and flavors abound. Top Chardonnay with Rivers Marie Bearwallow. (5243 views) |
| Ladd Cellars 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 CountySonoma Coast * Sonoma Coast AVA (Wikipedia)
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