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| Community Tasting Notes (average 87.8 pts. and median of 88 pts. in 18 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | Tasted by professor widget on 9/7/2019 & rated 88 points: A good, commercial California Chardonnay, with the right amount of oak and fruit. Stayed together over a week of small glasses. (663 views) | | Tasted by professor widget on 6/4/2019 & rated 87 points: A pleasant, California Chardonnay. Well oaked without becoming bitter. (585 views) | | Tasted by Mike Kopanski on 12/2/2015 & rated 88 points: For $12 this is about as good as it gets for Sonoma County Chardonnay. There is plenty of apple/pear meets lemon/citrus spicy richness. Some ginger spice. Moderate but adequate oak. Probably full malo lactic. Nice touch with oak. So smooth and approachable with all of the flavors we expect in decent Chardonnay. (1750 views) | | Tasted by rjonwine@gmail.com on 10/20/2015 & rated 88 points: Light yellow color; butter, butter poached pear nose; butter, butter poached pear palate with a saline quality and balancing acidity; medium-plus finish (13.5% alcohol) (303 views) | | Tasted by Msobo on 2/14/2015: Decent wine with dinner (2038 views) | | Tasted by jbehrendt on 12/28/2014 & rated 88 points: While this was a gift, we plan to add this to our list of weekday Chardonnays to buy. A nice balance of oak, vanilla and slight citrus. Enjoyable. (2075 views) | | Tasted by mark.gularte@gmail.com on 12/14/2014 & rated 88 points: Crisp, with notes of apple, pear, and lemon, good offering from a reliable Sonoma producer. (1648 views) | | Tasted by Glenn92 on 9/27/2014 & rated 88 points: Easy chardonnay with small amount of friut. Some acidity - good for the price. (1811 views) | | Tasted by now_in_mi on 9/10/2014 & rated 89 points: A good standard of Sonoma Chardonnay, has all the expected fruit and citrus flavors. For the size of the production, RS has produced a very good 2012. (1034 views) | | Tasted by DbertCellar on 9/2/2014 & rated 91 points: Lite citris and floral nose. Buttery peach and sweet lemon (Meyer). Crisp. (740 views) | | Tasted by now_in_mi on 8/16/2014 & rated 88 points: Everything one expects in a Sonoma Chardonnay, crisp citrus flavors and at a very reasonable price. (674 views) | | Tasted by mcsac67 on 8/13/2014 & rated 88 points: Medium gold. Aromas of waxed pear, apple and caramel. Flavors of apple and pear with a slight hint of butterscotch. Not as noticeable at first pour, the judiciously used oak became more noticeable over time. Long pleasing finish. (641 views) | | Tasted by BigRagu on 2/17/2014 & rated 89 points: Crisp and refreshing (821 views) | | Tasted by vin0vin0 on 2/10/2014 & rated 85 points: Very similar to previous vintages except for maybe a touch more oak. Still a decent chardonnay for the price (758 views) |
| By David Lawrason WineAlign (2/26/2015) (Rodney Strong Chardonnay, Sonoma County white) Subscribe to see review text. | By John Szabo, MS WineAlign (2/26/2015) (Rodney Strong Chardonnay, Sonoma County white) Subscribe to see review text. | By Sara d'Amato WineAlign (6/18/2014) (Rodney Strong Chardonnay, Sonoma County white) Subscribe to see review text. | By Richard Jennings RJonWine.com (10/20/2015) (Rodney Strong Chardonnay Sonoma County) Light yellow color; butter, butter poached pear nose; butter, butter poached pear palate with a saline quality and balancing acidity; medium-plus finish (13.5% alcohol) 88 points | NOTE: Scores and reviews are the property of WineAlign and RJonWine.com. (manage subscription channels) |
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Tom Klein
Proprietor
A fourth generation California farmer, Tom earned a business degree from Stanford and spent the first part of his career as a management consultant at the San Francisco office of the prestigious global management firm McKinsey & Company. One project during this time was evaluating a small winery in the Russian River Valley called Rodney Strong Vineyards and, in a chance meeting, he was introduced to founder Rod Strong and winemaker Rick Sayre. Already developing an interest in wine, this encounter planted a seed that would grow into a lifelong passion.
Rick Sayre
Head Winemaker
Rick began his winemaking career at the age of 19 as an assistant winemaker and cellar master at Simi Winery in Sonoma County. He had the opportunity to train under the world-renowned winemaster André Tchelistcheff, who instilled in his young trainee a deep passion for the art of winemaking and a desire to not only master his craft, but continually push the boundaries of creativity. “André taught me that a winemaker must live with his wine,” Rick recalls, “from walking the vineyards to the careful craft of guiding the wine into bottle. Even the smallest details can have a lasting effect.”
When Rod Strong decided to take a step back from the demanding role of winemaker, he called upon Rick Sayre, who joined the team at Rodney Strong Vineyards in 1979. In more than three decades in the cellars, Rick has guided the wine collection to include world-class Reserve, Symmetry and Single-Vineyard releases, an outstanding line of Estate wines and best-in-class Sonoma County wines that continue to please vintage after vintage. His voracious appetite for new winemaking knowledge has taken him around the world, including trips to the wine regions of France, Australia, New Zealand and Spain
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 CountySonoma Coast |
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