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| Drinking Windows and Values |
| Drinking window: Drink between 2014 and 2019 (based on 22 user opinions) |
| Community Tasting History |
| Community Tasting Notes (average 91.3 pts. and median of 92 pts. in 23 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by hiker_guy on 12/6/2018: A really nice WA Chardonnay. Probably the best I can recall.
Lovely aromas and the palate was complex yet light. It didn't have the weight I associate with oaked Chardonnay in WA. Nicely done and could have gone for much longer in my cellar.
Would buy again. (928 views) | | | Tasted by ccotton8 on 9/17/2018 & rated 93 points: This was absolutely wonderful. Lots of white floral notes with stone fruit effervescent. This bottle showed no signs of aging, and drank well over 4 hours. Loved this win, alas I have no more. (1026 views) | | | Tasted by SeaWine on 8/5/2018 & rated 90 points: The fruit appeared to have been fading, but it retained a nice balance, with supporting acid and a touch of oak for texture. My guess is that I might have enjoyed this more a year or two ago, but it was still good. Probably in the upper echelon of WA Chardonnay. (962 views) | | | Tasted by gbanks on 6/11/2018: At $15 or less, this is a great value. Appears to me in an older-world style, still decently fresh even at the present age. Though some (old) wood is there it's not new-oak vanilla treacle. Even veering towards green apple, with slight oxidative notes that add a very nice complexity. Overall, a nice weekday bottle. (1114 views) | | | Tasted by skifree on 7/12/2017 & rated 90 points: Enjoyed this bottle, lots of sweet white fruit, a buttery component, reasonable acidity to balance, and some almond on the finish. Nice complement to my shrimp scampi. (1525 views) | | | Tasted by skifree on 5/5/2017 flawed bottle: Oxidized..... (1050 views) | | | Tasted by bajayngo on 8/5/2016: Held it's own in a blind white burg tasting that was mainly Chablis. Had an interesting creamed corn note with some mineral and citrus notes on a more weighted palate. Excellent showing. (1479 views) | | | Tasted by Motz on 8/1/2016 & rated 92 points: Tasted in a flight of four white Burgundies, an Aubert UV-SL, and a Chablis Sauvignon Blanc. This wine was the most fruit forward of the flight and showed a canned or creamed corn element, yet backed by piercing acidity and substance. Captivating and exceptionally well made. 92-93. (1537 views) | | | Tasted by MTwine66 on 7/24/2016 & rated 92 points: Aromatic nose. Crime brûlée on palate. Delicious. (1224 views) | | | Tasted by hiker_guy on 2/6/2016: Nice wine. Nose had more mineral than typical WA Chard but the fruit is still there. Crisp, complex, long finish. Really lovely white.
Would buy again. (1188 views) | | | Tasted by Penpup on 12/21/2015: Nice! (1233 views) | | | Tasted by Carniolan on 10/1/2015 & rated 90 points: very nice (1118 views) | | | Tasted by pdemaio on 6/7/2015 & rated 93 points: This lush, round, pure chardonnay continues to evolve with age. Excellent, and clearly one of the best Chards WA had made, I'm struggling to keep any in the cellar.
PDQ93+ (1347 views) | | | Tasted by dpolivy on 5/28/2015 & rated 92 points: Lovely, creamy body balanced by great acidity and minerality. Green apple, sour cherry, lemon zest. Finishes with a nice spine of acidity and length. Very crisp and refreshing, I keep going back for more. (1305 views) | | | Tasted by pdemaio on 5/25/2015 & rated 93 points: PDQ93+ (1066 views) | | | Tasted by Sauvyfan on 11/28/2014 & rated 90 points: Tasty, but with noticeable holes. Not worth the price. (1436 views) | | | Tasted by TheWineDon on 9/8/2014 & rated 93 points: Crisp and clean citrus. A very enjoyable Chardonnay, rather unique for Washington State. (1412 views) | | | Tasted by pdemaio on 8/12/2014 & rated 92 points: PDQ92+ (1189 views) | | | Tasted by curtr on 7/14/2014: Good acidity with medium to full body. A food wine. Try again in 2015. (1168 views) |
| By Stephen Tanzer
Vinous, November/December 2013, IWC Issue #171
(Tranche Chardonnay Columbia Gorge) Subscribe to see review text. | By Sean Sullivan
Washington Wine Report (12/7/2013)
(Tranche Cellars Chardonnay Columbia Gorge) An aromatically compelling wine with corn silk, sweet fruit notes, and mineral. The palate is rich with tremendous viscosity and depth without bringing all of the weight that often comes along with it. One of the finer examples I’ve had from Washington. 100% Chardonnay. Aged 11 months in French oak (35% new). 598 cases produced. (Wine Enthusiast review to be published once wine is submitted). |
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| Tranche Cellars Producer website
2011 Tranche Cellars Chardonnay Celilo VineyardWinemaker Notes
Harvested from the high-altitude Celilo Vineyard in the cool Columbia Gorge AVA, our 2011 Chardonnay was whole-bunch pressed into new and used French oak barriques and concrete egg-shaped fermenters. Regular stirring of the lees helped the native yeast ferment the wine to dryness, while imparting rich texture and outstanding depth to the palate. The wine underwent complete malolactic fermentation in barrel and was aged on lees for 11 months prior to bottling.
Appellation: Celilo Vineyard - Columbia Gorge
Varietals: Chardonnay
Production: 424 casesChardonnay The Chardonnay GrapeCelilo VineyardOne of the most spectacular vineyard sites in the US, at a confluence of strikingly opposed climates, alpine mountains and the mammoth Columbia River basin. The Gewurtztraminer vines are over 35 years old, on steep exposition.USAAmerican 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. |
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