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| Community Tasting Notes (average 84.8 pts. and median of 84 pts. in 4 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | Tasted by Drugstore Cowboy on 6/28/2009 & rated 86 points: Not oaked but nothing exciting. I usually expect more from a Napa Valley wine. (1950 views) | | Tasted by winesteaksushi on 7/5/2008 & rated 84 points: Food pairing: Garlic Bread with Marinara. Smell: pear, apple, butter, little to no oak. Taste: soft acidity on the tip of the tongue, pineapple and kiwi fruit on the mid-palate, almost a hint of sweetness, fruit is pretty ripe and pleasing. Finish is smooth and lingering, but simple and unremarkable. Overall, very drinkable, but not complex at all. Label on front and back completely fell off in the wine cooler, only bottle of the 100 it holds with that problem. (1986 views) | | Tasted by VinVinoWine on 1/31/2008 & rated 85 points: Actually quite a nice surprise. A gentle butter note with a full chard profile. (2245 views) | | Tasted by J_Hayden on 11/1/2007 & rated 84 points: Thursday Night 5 for $5 (The Grapevine - Pocatello, ID): Medium straw color, moderate nose of citrus and vanilla (oak). Medium body, with lively/fresh acid. Flavors of apple, vanilla, citrus, soap and minerals. A bit of SweetTart. Decent finish, ok balance, fairly complex. (2523 views) |
| By Gary Vaynerchuk Wine Library TV, OAK MONSTER Time, Episode #298 (8/22/2007) (RAYMOND RESERVE CHARDONNAY) #4; VaynerPAZZZ; COLOR-medium golden; NOSE-Oak, grapefruit, Toe cheese funk (I like); TASTE-Oak Monster is ready to party!; but a massive amount of acidity too; grapefruit component w/ some white asparagus tops; tangy; little complex apple action; interesting, but not great; lots going on, but nothing working together; GV-85 85 points | NOTE: Scores and reviews are the property of Wine Library TV. (manage subscription channels) |
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Producer websiteChardonnay The Chardonnay GrapeReserve The Wine News | Wine Country This Week | Wine Lover's PageUSAAmerican 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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