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| Community Tasting Notes (average 88.8 pts. and median of 89 pts. in 14 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by VlgJeff on 1/5/2021 & rated 88 points: Slo-oxed for 20 minutes to allow the wine to open and to warm a bit. The color is a bright yellow. As several other TNs (esp. rosenst1) have mentioned, the nose and the palate were both tipped toward tropical fruits, rather than orchard or citrus, probably due to the riper year. The nose also showed some oak, which showed on the medium bodied palate as well, especially as the wine warmed. The acidity was not sufficient to balance the fruit, so the wine was a bit flabby. Purchased directly upon release and cellar stored. Can probably hold for several more years, and may, strangely, improve if the fruit fades. (428 views) | | | Tasted by theronware on 10/23/2018 & rated 86 points: Last one, thankfully. Nose is fat and woolly -- reminiscent of a chenin, really. Palate lacks verve and acid. Bought on release and well stored since then. (835 views) | | | Tasted by theronware on 6/24/2018 & rated 87 points: On downslope. Fatty, wooly overlay with the acid both sticking out and insufficient.. Losing its fruit. Drink up. (901 views) | | | Tasted by sfwineguy on 7/6/2017 & rated 93 points: Really excellent appellation wine. Ready to go now. (1158 views) | | | Tasted by winelover1808 on 1/17/2017 & rated 90 points: More acidity in this bottle to balance the fruit which tipped this bottle to a solid 90. (1250 views) | | | Tasted by winelover1808 on 11/13/2016 & rated 89 points: so much to like here - golden hue, intense fruit - but this oddly lacks acidity to easily warrant a higher rating. not what i typically expect from Littorai - clearly well made - just a bit too sweet and lacking the acid backbone. (875 views) | | | Tasted by rosenst1 on 10/12/2016 & rated 89 points: PnP. Medium gold. Ripe notes of more tropical fruits and a hint of butterscotch. Soft on the palate but just this side of flabby. Drink up. The ripeness of the vintage makes for a less compelling wine from Littorai to my palate. (864 views) | | | Tasted by rosenst1 on 2/22/2016 & rated 90 points: PnP. Medium gold. Nose more tropical fruits than citrus, likely reflecting the riper year. Quite rich on the palate - a little lower in acidity than usual for Littorai - drink up. (1025 views) | | | Tasted by kgoldsbe on 8/1/2015 & rated 89 points: Notes of peach or nectarine on the nose. The taste starts with under ripe yellow pit fruit and ends with a pleasantly balanced bitter with citrus notes. (859 views) | | | Tasted by ptwu on 6/10/2015 & rated 87 points: This was lacking in minerality, with too much ripe fruit. It was fine but couldn't stand the comparison w a Peay 2011 Sonoma Coast Chardonnay. (880 views) | | | Tasted by jimkay21 on 6/28/2014 & rated 89 points: Interested in trying this one - nice chardonnay, medium fruit, great balance, but at $55/btl delivered it is a pass. A Chablis at half the price or a little more would be just as enjoyable. (1072 views) | | | Tasted by rosenst1 on 6/12/2014 & rated 91 points: PnP. Medium gold; nose of ripe fruits and citrus. Excellent body and finish; quite ripe for Littorai,likely a 2012 characteristic. Good drinking wine - may age, but why wait? (1072 views) |
| Littorai 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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