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| Drinking window: Drink between 2016 and 2018 (based on 11 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 88.7 pts. and median of 89 pts. in 9 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by macmiker007 on 1/23/2017 & rated 90 points: Always a crowd pleaser. Consistent with previous vintages. (1064 views) | | | Tasted by isaacjamesbaker on 11/11/2015 & rated 89 points: Blind CA Chardonnay: Rich golden color. Nose of rich buttercream, hazelnut, nougat, along with baked yellow apples and yellow plums, and nice combo of floral perfume and clove. Creamy and velvety on the palate but some freshness from the acid. The yellow apples and juicy baked pear fruit is ripe and creamy, and laced with notes of nougat, hazelnut, clove, nutmeg and white flowers. A bold of full-frontal appeal to this wine, but it’s also fresh and maintains some complexity and intrigue to it – works out together quite well. (1462 views) | | | Tasted by isaacjamesbaker on 10/28/2015 & rated 89 points: Dinner at William Hill Estate (Napa, CA): Smells oh so creamy with buttercream, butterscotch, yellow apples and hazelnut. Richly textured with lovely baked pears, yellow apples, hazelnut, cinnamon and nougat. On the full-rich-creamy-nutty end of the spectrum but not too far, as it still maintains a pretty appeal and some freshness on the finish. A Gallo winemaker referred to this as a Chardonnay with all the tricks, but they’re pulled them off with precision. (1488 views) |
| William Hill Winery 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 Napa Valley Napa Valley Wineries and Wine (Napa Valley Vintners)Napa ValleySt. Helena |
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