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| Community Tasting Notes (average 90.5 pts. and median of 90 pts. in 8 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Wine2372 on 7/2/2022 & rated 93 points: Apple, pears, pineapple, and citrus, in a golden, full-bodied, 11-year-old Chardonnay. Clean, balanced, with a hint of creaminess, in peak form. (409 views) | | | Tasted by ebunderson on 3/13/2021 & rated 90 points: The wine looks yellow brown colored. The legs are medium. There is no sediment in the bottle. It smells like lemon, apple, lime, dust and flint. It tastes like lemon, lime, pineapple, mango, apple, dust and flint. The body is medium/full. The wine has polished texture. The wine finishes long. The wine has medium acidity. Still seems to have life.
Would drink at any time if you still have a bottle. Lacks complexity of single vineyard wines. (518 views) | | | Tasted by Decanting Queen on 9/28/2019 & rated 93 points: Excellent Chardonnay. Citrus, vanilla and that creamy pineapple that I love... wish I had more (2008 views) | | | Tasted by wine4lux on 12/20/2015 & rated 92 points: Very solid, nice balance among oak, touch of vanilla, and crisp apple. (1338 views) | | | Tasted by MattMauldin on 9/27/2014 & rated 88 points: Clear, medium appearance, gold color. Youthful aromas, medium intensity. Primary and secondary notes of lemon zest, pear, hazelnut, vanilla, orange blossom and sandstone. Dry on the palate, with medium+ acid and medium+ tannin. Full body and high alcohol. Flavors of lime, pear, orange zest, clove, white pepper, fruit blossoms and slate. Full and rich in style with brightness to the fruit. Silky voluptuous style with decent balance. Medium finish with apparent heat. (1919 views) | | | Tasted by GoBlue2002 on 3/31/2014 & rated 89 points: Central Coast Trip; 3/30/2014-4/1/2014: Tasted in the Brewer-Clifton tasting room. Similar aroma to Sweeney Canyon, but with more citrus, earth/mushroom. I liked this more than my wife. A little too much citrus, not enough complexity, but a good value at the price point. (2447 views) |
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Addt'l Info (Jackson Family Wine Group)
Born of an obsession with Santa Barbara County terroir, we formed Brewer-Clifton in the early 1990’s. We both had significant sales and production experience with a multitude of Santa Barbara County wineries, and always felt compelled to push the limits of the fruit from the area further than our previous employers had set forth to do. We set out to put the essence of the best vineyards in the area into a bottle.
We focus our efforts solely on the production of vineyard designated Chardonnay and Pinot Noir from several carefully selected, extreme vineyards in the Sta. Rita Hills appellation. The area's long growing seasons and diversity of marine-based soils combine to produce dynamic and explosive wines with great purity and precision. Each vineyard site is nurtured identically, allowing the pedigree of place to play the most significant role in our portfolio of wines.
In addition to our collective efforts, Steve Clifton also produces wine under his own label, called Palmina, which focuses exclusively on Italian varietals, and is the winemaker at Tritono, an Argentine producer of Malbec. Greg Brewer produces wine under the diatom label, as well as being the winemaker at Melville, a Santa Rita Hills winery dedicated to estate grown Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Syrah.
Brewer-Clifton wines are only available in small quantities. Total production averages between 4,000 and 6,500 cases annually.
Brewer-Clifton is owned and operated by Steve Clifton, a musician, and Greg Brewer, a former professor of French. The pair started Brewer-Clifton in 1995 and they source grapes from the Santa Rita Hills appellation. Brewer-Clifton makes Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and sparkling wine. The wines earn ratings in the 90s from reviewers, and Wine Advocate has noted that “Brewer and Clifton consistently deliver delicious wines that are also deeply thought provoking with regards to the potential these vineyard sites hold.”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 Central Coasthttp://www.ccwinegrowers.org/links.html
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