Community Tasting Note
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edwilley3 Does not like this wine: 84 points
June 16, 2014 - This is *not* a 90 point chardonnay with reference any style made in California. I am pretty open minded when it comes to different styles of California chardonnays, but honestly this is exactly what I do not like. It's buttery and woody, but those elements are not balanced properly by fruit, acidity, and minerality. The fruit here is a flabby, generic citrus and pineapple affair and frankly I think that the winemaker let the malolactic fermentation go too long, as the wine is flabby overall and doesn't have the mouthwatering finish I look for in a quality chard. Again, that's precisely what I do *not* want. As readers of other reviews on CT know, I do not have an objection to barrel fermented white wines. However, I expect the winemaker to leave us with enough acid to ensure some vitality. If you like Rombauer chard, which I recently detested, then you may like this. In fact, it's really a bit better than the Rombauer I tried. Candidly, the simple, straightforward L'Oliveto chardonnay is a superior wine that costs less. Perhaps unfairly, I also had the Agrapart 7 Crus Champagne this weekend which showed a terrific caliber of fruit. Flora Springs just doesn't measure up. Chill it down, drink it cold on the patio, and don't ask from it more than it can give.
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