Community Tasting Note

• emzee.mc wrote: 93 points

  November 30, 2018 - This juice is absolutely fantastic. Served at slightly below room temperature, it pours a light, straw golden color with very long legs, no doubt because of the high alcohol content in the wine. On the nose, the bouquet is quite fragrant, but there is a restraint to it to keep it from being an overpowering oak fiend. The nose consists of marmalade, sugarcane water, buttered popcorn, caramel, roasted pineapples and wet stones. The nose really reminds me of a "hotter" version of a Corton-Charlie. On the palate, the wine is svelte, textured and effortless. While acidity is somewhat low, there are enough minerals to cut through the alcohol, fat (butter) and toasty oak. This allows the tropical fruits, citrus, white flowers and herbal aromatics to shine through. Surprisingly, despite the high ABV (14.8%!), the wine does not display any alcoholic heat. Finish is long, lingering, light and ephemeral. The wine ends with a toasted marshmallows and lemon curd. The pedigree from Marcassin certainly shows in Ferren's wines. What I liked behind this is the delicate balance between extraction, fruit and oak. I would take these Burgundian-styled chardonnays over Aubert's single vineyards any day.

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