Community Tasting Note
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johnrm Likes this wine: 89 points
June 5, 2022 - Pale yellow. Given a little time to open and warm above 10 degrees, the nose began to show some fruit and fragrance. The palate was not quite dry - there was a little gentle sweetness with the mainly apple fruit (but with tropical hints). There were subtle herb flavours and delicate citrus notes (and ‘lemon sherbet’) developed with time. Very long on the palate and really rather nice. Clearly a New World Chardonnay but with an elegance and under-stated character that separates it from many over-oaked, over-sweet Californian blockbusters of the not too distant past. Rather expensive in UK but a fair buy on offer at Waitrose.
Note added later. The label does say ‘Reserve’ but there is a separate entry on CT for the Reserve Chardonnay. I know the term is thrown onto wine labels as a (necessary?) marketing tool these days but I would like to know if the Chardonnay and the Reserve Chardonnay are actually the same wine?1 person found this helpful 336 views
2 Comments
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Lyubomir Lefterov commented:
6/12/22, 7:28 AM - Excellent tasting note, agree on every word.
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johnrm commented:
6/12/22, 7:55 AM - Thanks, Lou. We bought some more……