Community Tasting Note
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BuzzzzOff Likes this wine: 96 points
June 6, 2020 - We cherish our Burgundian and Cali #chardonnay treasures. Yet, we passionately state without reservation that the 2012 Gaja Gaia & Rey may just top the list. Straw on the eye neither inspiring nor off-putting...Sunday school teacher. Fade to next scene: Oooweebaby, we get to the nose. Rich with hints of toast, vanilla, oak, butter, soft talcum powder, violet perfume. Luscious, vivacious. Lingering, loving, thin fingers stroking your nostrils in a seductive manner. You simply do not want the aroma to stop and the flavors to begin...yeah, right 😉! Enthusiastically galloping to scene three: Kapow, Batman, the flavors begin. Full body with concentrated, ripe fruit, balanced by a lively acidity, pear, peach, apple. honey, minerals, smoked ham ( 🤷♂️), candied green apples, burnt butter, honey slathered on the tongue and upper palate. Long, never want it to end finish. Ridiculous!!! The aromas engender fears and longings of the Sirens of Greek Mythology while the flavors encourage you never, ever to stop sipping this beyond heavenly nectar of the Chardonnay deity.
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