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| Drinking window: Drink between 2024 and 2027 (based on 92 user opinions) |
| Community Tasting History |
| Community Tasting Notes (average 87 pts. and median of 87 pts. in 5 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by seijaro on 1/26/2024 & rated 84 points: Another bottle because I forgot we already tried this one in August. Thin on opening with very little Chard character, opened up a bit after 30 minutes, but still pale. Not a candidate for #3 House. (201 views) | | | Tasted by La Cave d'Argent on 12/9/2023 & rated 87 points: Sourced entirely from assorted blocks within the Chalone Vineyard, the 2021 Estate Chardonnay was aged for 12 months in French oak barriques (40% new) and allowed to undergo full malolactic conversion. Light golden in color, it offers an aromatic profile of baked apples, white peaches, jasmine, brioche, vanilla and spicy oak. Medium-bodied, low-to-medium in acidity and with fairly well-integrated alcohol (despite being listed as 14.8%), it delivers ripe, woody flavors comparable to the nose. Solid on the mid-palate and concluding with a buttery, medium-length finish, this is a wine that will appeal to those who enjoy Chardonnay done in an oaky, New World style. For my palate, a little less oak and a bit more acid would have resulted in something more interesting. Drink now-2027. (288 views) | | | Tasted by seijaro on 8/20/2023 & rated 87 points: A decent Chard from a famous vineyard, but we didn't like it as much as Duckhorn in the same price range. Kind of shallow and sharp, didn't show us the full Chard palette that we like. Not a buyer here. (218 views) | | | Tasted by Wine G on 8/2/2023 & rated 90 points: Monterey, CA chardonnay, and a good one especially at the price point. Really a QPR home run. To me this wine definitely is chardonnay, smells chardonnay and tastes chardonnay. Certainly the new world influence, but not overly oaky by any stretch. (390 views) | | | Tasted by thesternowl on 5/24/2023 & rated 87 points: Judgement of Paris Tasting and Dinner (V. Mertz - Omaha, NE): Not the producer it once was however it was fun to throw this into the mix, considering the history. An outlier compared to the other whites in the line-up tonight, this had an enormous floral bouquet that made it almost unrecognizable as Chardonnay. The fruit set was there but the acid was lower and had this been served blind to me, I probably would have guessed a Northern Rhône white variety. Not a bad wine per se, however it was my least favorite of the night. Drink now. (661 views) |
| Chalone Vineyard 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 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 WikipediaChalonehttps://www.atasteofmonterey.com/appellations-chalone |
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