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| Drinking window: Drink between 2015 and 2018 (based on 7 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 87.5 pts. and median of 88 pts. in 7 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by b.w_anderson on 12/11/2018 & rated 90 points: PQR off the hook. I wouldn’t normally pair chard and Chinese food, but this hangs, albeit dangerously. (427 views) | | | Tasted by Alexander Smith on 11/26/2016 & rated 88 points: Good wine. Not the best Chardonay however for the price($20) I would not hesitate to buy again. Lacked a little complexity (802 views) | | | Tasted by Wine.woot_taster on 7/24/2016: Last week, I was driving with windows down on a rare warm day in Seattle. I caught a glimpse of something flying by when all of a sudden a bottle of 2014 Wrath Chardonnay landed in my lap. The monkey was audacious as usual but luckily the window was down so no shattered glass. My legs were slightly bruised but just a minor inconvenience while being granted the title of Lab Rat.
I placed the bottle in the fridge at work. Waited several days until coworkers could taste and provide feedback. Not paired with any food. Consensus follows.
Nose: Upon opening out of fridge (maybe a bit too cold), bright, floral/fresh fruit (some said cider, I said stone fruit). Absolutely no butter smell (great!). Slight citrus/grapefruit smell similar to Sauvignon Blanc.
Palate: Slight sweetness with peach tone (stone fruit) with an acidic and slight bitterness on the finish. In many ways like a Riesling crossed with a Sauvignon Blanc.
Over the next hour, it warmed up. The nose remained similar (bright, fresh fruit with cider overtones) but with some grassiness. The taste became a bit more acidic/bitter on the finish. Not as pleasant as when it was colder.
Summary: this is NOT a buttery Chardonnay. It also does not drink like any other non-oak Chardonnay. It drinks more like a Sauvignon Blanc with certain Riesling characteristics. Bright, crisp, refreshing and quite drinkable as it warmed up if one likes wines in the style described above. Would probably pair well with seafood on a hot day. (748 views) |
| Wrath Producer website2014 Wrath Chardonnay Ex AnimaVineyard Designation: San Saba Vineyard
Harvest Date: mid-late September
Aging: 3 months in stainless steel tanks
Fermentation: in tank
Residual Sugar: Dry
Alcohol: 14.2%
Production: 989 casesChardonnay 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
http://www.discovercaliforniawines.com/regional-wine-organizations/
http://beveragetradenetwork.com/en/btn-academy/list-of-winegrowers-association-in-central-coast-california-274.htm
Central Coast AVA WikipediaMonterey Monterey Wine Country (Monterey County Vintners & Growers' Association) |
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