Community Tasting Note

• rieslinghoarder Likes this wine: 95 points

  September 1, 2023 - Opened side-by-side with 2021 Walter Scott Chardonnay Koosah Vineyard for educational purposes (separate TN posted), as Seth’s Eola-Amity Hills cuveé this year has 100% Koosah fruit.
  
  Glassware: Riedel Burgundy
  Prep: Splash decant, followed over 3 hours
  
  This wine has a complex nose of hazelnut, seabreeze, mint tea, mandarin orange, and lemon peel from the start. Medium-bodied but expansive on the palate, with brisk acidity nicely balanced by a silky/creamy texture. This wine has more oomph to it compared to some of Seth’s other bottlings, including X-Omni, with tremendous dry extract and dense flavors of lime blossom, minty herbs, aloe, and fine flinty minerals that linger over a long finish.
  
  This is a lovely chardonnay and all the right components are there. I think it needs a bit more time to integrate and settle down, and it wouldn’t surprise me if this becomes a long-term ager.

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1 Comment

• sethmorgenlong commented:

  10/24/23, 7:31 AM - Thanks for posting this note Brian, glad you enjoyed

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