External search
Google (images)
Wine Advocate
Wine Spectator
Burghound
Wine-Searcher
Vintages
2012
2011
2010
2009
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
1999
1998
From this producer
Show all wines
All tasting notes
|
| Drinking Windows and Values |
| Drinking window: Drink between 2009 and 2013 (based on 18 user opinions) |
| Community Tasting History |
| Community Tasting Notes (average 87.9 pts. and median of 88 pts. in 13 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by cartime on 12/9/2011 & rated 88 points: Ripe apricot, lemon curd, toasted marshmallow, toasted oak nose. Very ripe, heavy, oak-spiced palate, albeit with a decent tart citrusy acidity. Medium-plus finish. 87-88. Higher for someone who likes this style. (2458 views) | | | Tasted by mjerome on 8/15/2010 & rated 91 points: Golden hue, just a little cloudy. Lime dominates the citrus flavor, which is full of fruit. The acid adds just a hint of bitterness, which may add to the longevity of the wine. Very little oak if any. Malolactic fermentation must have been part of the process, it has that mouth coating feel in the midpalate. This is a refreshing wine with lots going on. (2975 views) | | | Tasted by Edwind on 7/29/2010 & rated 91 points: Steaks and corn on the cob. (1450 views) | | | Tasted by herberto on 10/18/2009 & rated 79 points: This is really pretty awful. Every time I taste it, it gets worse. Overoaked to the point of bitterness, and overripe to boot, with the result being an unpleasant, unbalanced, lifeless wine the detracts from any food you pair with it. At $5/bottle this would be a poor wine. (2948 views) | | | Tasted by herberto on 9/20/2009 & rated 83 points: A jumble of the parts of a good "big" Cali Chard, thrown together carelessly. Bitterly overoaked and overripe. (2950 views) | | | Tasted by herberto on 1/30/2009 & rated 88 points: Good, but a little disappointing. Nice pear fruit and a little stone. Happily, not overly oaky, but a little too creamy and flabby. I didn't find the acidity that RJennings did. Pretty good for a designer Chard at this price point, just not exciting to me. (1889 views) | | | Tasted by rjonwine@gmail.com on 8/25/2008 & rated 92 points: Family Winemakers San Francisco; 8/24/2008-8/25/2008 (Fort Mason, San Francisco): Fresh lime nose; tasty lime, citrus palate with good acidity; medium finish 92+ pts. (2733 views) |
| By Josh Raynolds
Vinous, May/June 2009, IWC Issue #144
(Chasseur Chardonnay Sangiacomo Green Acres Hill Sonoma Coast) Subscribe to see review text. |
NOTE: Scores and reviews are the property of Vinous. (manage subscription channels) |
| Chasseur Producer websiteChardonnay The Chardonnay GrapeSangiacomo VineyardWinemaker Notes:
Green Acres Hill
This vineyard is owned by the prominent wine growing family, the Sangiacomos, and is located in the Carneros appellation, which overlaps the Sonoma Coast appellation. This area is well suited for Chardonnay having both a cool climate and well-drained soils. The Green Acres Hill block was planted to the Sangiacomo Wente selection in 1991. The rocky, well-drained soils are reminiscent of those from Burgundy. The vigor of the vine is kept in check by the shallow, well-drained soils, which in turn maintains low yields. The vines yield less than 7 pounds per vine which is an extremely low yield for Chardonnay. This in turn makes for a very concentrated wine. The characteristics of the wine are concentrated tropical notes.USAAmerican 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 / SonomaSONOMA: The Yorkville Highlands AVA, approved in 1998, is located in the southwestern corner of Mendocino County, between Sonoma County's Alexander Valley to the South and Mendocino County!s Anderson Valley to the North. The region is 25 miles long, roughly in the shape of rectangle and bisected by Highway 128 which runs the length of the AVA. The region!s terrain is hilly and forested, with elevations ranging from 1,078 to 2,442 feet above sea level.
The distinguishing features of the Yorkville Highlands AVA are rocky soils with a high gravel content and the climate, which is cooler than Alexander Valley but warmer than Anderson Valley, and significantly cooler at night than the surrounding areas.CarnerosStraddles the southern ends of Napa & Sonoma Counties. |
|
