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| Drinking window: Drink between 2023 and 2029 (based on 10 user opinions) |
| Community Tasting History |
| Community Tasting Notes (average 91.1 pts. and median of 91 pts. in 53 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by WineGuyFL on 5/8/2024 & rated 91 points: Great summer sipping wine. Just like a bottle consumed last August. (117 views) | | | Tasted by bound4er on 5/4/2024 & rated 89 points: Good Chard - nothing more. Bright lemony tanginess on the palate. Scores points for steering clear of butter and oak overkill. Just lacks some concentration for a 90+ score. (243 views) | | | Tasted by tedcholl on 4/23/2024 & rated 90 points: 2nd bottle of this and liked it a little more this time. Tropical fruit, peach, pear, citrus cream (475 views) | | | Tasted by Nati Winos on 4/15/2024: Solid on the back porch. (517 views) | | | Tasted by raydawgone on 4/14/2024 & rated 94 points: Nose of wet shale & lemon curd. Viscous, minerals, hint of diesel fuel & flint on medium finish with Creme Brulé. Really opened up as it approached room temp. (440 views) | | | Tasted by tedcholl on 4/13/2024 & rated 89 points: First time trying this Producer's Chardonnay. 14% abv, med + body and acidity. This had a tropical nose but not so much on the palate. Not a strong oak presence. lemon, vanilla, and pear on the palate. (438 views) | | | Tasted by cweiner on 4/9/2024 & rated 91 points: House chardonnay. Excellent QPR. (474 views) | | | Tasted by nocowine on 3/31/2024: Excellent wine. Not a typical California Chardonnay. Lemon, stone, some floral and a nice touch of acid. Will buy again. (410 views) | | | Tasted by sdwineguru on 3/16/2024 & rated 91 points: Tasty $25 California Chardonnay 2021 Brewer-Clifton Sta. Rita Hills. Sharp mid-gold, viscous (14.0 alc.); honey, wine lees, oak, lime, stone fruit nose; low-mid acids; rounding out; balanced, semi-long, semi-lush finish. 16.5/91. (515 views) | | | Tasted by cweiner on 3/9/2024 & rated 92 points: Reloaded another case (482 views) | | | Tasted by cweiner on 2/28/2024 & rated 90 points: Great QPR (635 views) | | | Tasted by Z1nnfull on 2/23/2024 & rated 91 points: This Chardonnay is a quality click above with it being a couple clicks above on the price. The fruit is luscious with just enough acidity. Not a bad choice if you’re looking for something special. Good food match, approachable enough to be a quaffer (669 views) | | | Tasted by bin905 on 1/27/2024 & rated 90 points: Lemon, limestone flavor. (698 views) | | | Tasted by tomoem on 1/17/2024 & rated 92 points: This is such a weird wine. I actually am improving my score as I found one last of these in the cellar. Straight up lemon sweetness makes up the aromatic nose. In mouth similar lemon forward notes but bigger with complexity of florals and wet stones in the palette. Judging this wine by "my old standards" of butter is simply wrong. This wine needs to be judged differently. Tonight I loved it. (873 views) | | | Tasted by wino from way back on 1/12/2024: . (679 views) | | | Tasted by SMagowan on 1/11/2024 & rated 92 points: Open, pour, and taste.
Smile, drink again, enjoy.
Grateful for the hands that picked the grape and made the wine.
Wonder why the bottle is empty.
Consider another?
We could but I do have to work.
Savor it.
Ready to drink now. (716 views) | | | Tasted by MWiking on 12/27/2023 & rated 93 points: Slog loucien le moine BB 2019 och Chanin los alamos 2017 blint idag (812 views) | | | Tasted by Sheldog on 12/20/2023 & rated 90 points: At the suggestion of another CT User, we selected this bottle to go with our dinner of grilled Walleye. It paired very nicely. IF you like old world Chardonnay, you will like this. While having a distinct oak presence it was crisp without evidence of any secondary fermentation. Lighter in color (medium gold), medium in body, it was nicely balanced and had a lasting pleasant finish of oak and vanilla. The community has this drinking through 2030. I'm thinking it will top out a couple years earlier than this (2028 drink by). (722 views) | | | Tasted by SMagowan on 12/15/2023 & rated 92 points: Increase the score from last bottle. This is such an easy drinker. It is very well made. (764 views) | | | Tasted by cweiner on 12/10/2023 & rated 90 points: Great QPR for a very nice wine. House favorite. (832 views) | | | Tasted by davidandrose on 12/2/2023 & rated 92 points: Restaurant pop and pour. Lemongrass, pear, minerality and an absence of butter are the most-striking notes after-the-fact. Was a solid pairing with high-end chinese food.
Have limited experience w B-C but certainly familiar with the name and rep; will have to seek out more of this as its a solid value as well. (891 views) | | | Tasted by Rond on 11/23/2023 & rated 94 points: Medium straw in color. Medium full bodied, with notes of pink grapefruit, oak and vanilla, and strong minerality. Really nice; some richness with acidity being in good balance. (708 views) | | | Tasted by spendergast on 11/8/2023 & rated 92 points: Notes of melon, citrus, minerals with good acidity and balance. Paired with grilled walleye. (1077 views) | | | Tasted by Vinnut on 9/2/2023 & rated 91 points: Light golden yellow in color. Full, forward & fragrant nose of ripe fruit aromas of apples, lemons/limes & a touch of grapefruit with overtones of floral notes of honeysuckle & minerals, spices, some butterscotch & a hint of oak/vanilla in the background. Medium body with a very good concentration of well balanced & smooth textured, ripe fruit flavors of green apples, lemons/limes & grapefruit with minerals, spices, some honey & a hint of oak/vanilla. Lingering finish. Appears to be readily accessible in its youth although it may develop further with additional aging. (1383 views) | | | Tasted by Jeff Gray on 9/2/2023 & rated 92 points: melon, oak upfront, peach, sl acid, well balanced (1683 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
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Decanter, US Editor November Tasting (11/1/2023)
(Brewer-Clifton, Chardonnay, Chardonnay, Santa Barbara County, Santa Rta Hills, California, USA, White) Subscribe to see review text. | By Antonio Galloni
Vinous, Brilliance in Santa Barbara (Sep, 2023) (9/1/2023)
(Brewer-Clifton Chardonnay (Sta. Rita Hills) California White) Subscribe to see review text. | By Panel Tasting
Decanter, US Chardonnay: panel tasting results (6/6/2023)
(Brewer-Clifton, Chardonnay, Chardonnay, Santa Barbara County, Sta Rita Hills, California, USA, White) Subscribe to see review text. | By Anna Lee C. Iijima
Decanter, America's Chardonnay (2/20/2023)
(Brewer-Clifton, Chardonnay, Chardonnay, Santa Barbara County, Santa Rita Hills, California, USA, White) Subscribe to see review text. |
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| Brewer-Clifton Producer website
Addt'l Info (Jackson Family Wine Group)
Born of an obsession with Santa Barbara County terroir, we formed Brewer-Clifton in the early 1990’s. We both had significant sales and production experience with a multitude of Santa Barbara County wineries, and always felt compelled to push the limits of the fruit from the area further than our previous employers had set forth to do. We set out to put the essence of the best vineyards in the area into a bottle.
We focus our efforts solely on the production of vineyard designated Chardonnay and Pinot Noir from several carefully selected, extreme vineyards in the Sta. Rita Hills appellation. The area's long growing seasons and diversity of marine-based soils combine to produce dynamic and explosive wines with great purity and precision. Each vineyard site is nurtured identically, allowing the pedigree of place to play the most significant role in our portfolio of wines.
In addition to our collective efforts, Steve Clifton also produces wine under his own label, called Palmina, which focuses exclusively on Italian varietals, and is the winemaker at Tritono, an Argentine producer of Malbec. Greg Brewer produces wine under the diatom label, as well as being the winemaker at Melville, a Santa Rita Hills winery dedicated to estate grown Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Syrah.
Brewer-Clifton wines are only available in small quantities. Total production averages between 4,000 and 6,500 cases annually.
Brewer-Clifton is owned and operated by Steve Clifton, a musician, and Greg Brewer, a former professor of French. The pair started Brewer-Clifton in 1995 and they source grapes from the Santa Rita Hills appellation. Brewer-Clifton makes Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and sparkling wine. The wines earn ratings in the 90s from reviewers, and Wine Advocate has noted that “Brewer and Clifton consistently deliver delicious wines that are also deeply thought provoking with regards to the potential these vineyard sites hold.”Chardonnay 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
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