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| Drinking window: Drink between 2016 and 2018 (based on 7 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes | | | Tasted by Wine.woot_taster on 1/6/2017: I really liked this straight out of the bottle. It didn't taste too oaky to me, but I've been known to be completely off in interpreting tastes. A few sips later and the oak definitely shines through. It tastes like a nice, full bodied wine, and I enjoyed it. I think my exact words to Joel were "I typically enjoy wines from Lucas and Llewellyn, and this one didn't disappoint."
We paired it with a Thai inspired peanut butter noodle stir fry, and I thought they went well together. The chardonnay definitely stood up to both the peanut butter and the spice in the noodles. By contrast, I ate a piece of pineapple after dinner and then took a sip of wine. And immediately regretted it. The pineapple and this chardonnay did not mix well at all, in my opinion.
Overall, I would recommend this wine.
That's all I've got for now. I'll try to pop in later and answer any other questions, but this site is blocked at work, so you may need to rely on Joel to get information. (889 views) |
| Lucas & Lewellen Producer website2014 Lucas & Lewellen ChardonnayEstate Vineyard: Los Alamos Valley Vineyards
Composition: 100% Chardonnay
Fermentation: Stainless Steel
Alcohol: 14.50%
Acidity: 0.61
pH: 3.60
Bottled: August, 2015
Release Date: January, 2016
Production: 728
Winemaker: Megan McGrathChardonnay 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
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