3/23/2024 - kstover wrote:

Pretty close to peak I think. Bit of petrol on the nose, some lemon/line notes, beautiful minerality and a racy acidity. My wife said it tasted "nervous" - which I think is a wonderful description. Reminded us very much of a Jean-Claude Bachelet Chassagne that we drank recently. Another brilliant effort from Seth - making Montrachet in Oregon.

3/27/2024 - ledocq wrote:

I truly love Morgen Long, but this was a big disappointment. Couldn't even taste the wine over the sulfur, even on days 2 and 3.

3/15/2024 - OenoEd wrote:

8 mos since my last note on this, very consistent, but at this slightly young and awkward stage, showing more musk, patchouli, white pepper and new oak than my last bottle. I do believe this will be two points better in two or three years. Will drink Marine until then , his pink chardonnay for fun and with salmon, and Seth’s impressive XOmni until this comes together. Worked with fresh stone crabs tonight; anything would have, but I was quietly longing for the salinity and minerality of Marine.

3/17/2024 - J_Smallwood Likes this wine:

Just lovely - right now, an understated elegance to the wine, but there’s still so much going on beneath the surface…the future is very bright for this wine. Juicy meyer lemon, honeysuckle, roasted salty almonds, white peach, with a gentle flinty reduction framed by a lovely watery acidity to the wine. I don’t know what else to say other than these wines are charming, captivating, imminently crushable, and I don’t think you can find better domestic chards than what Seth is producing these days. The white burg comparison always comes to mind, but going forward I will refrain from using it as these wines chart their own unique course with a quality to them worthy of standing on the world stage. A solid 93 now, but certainly with a healthy amount of upside potential.

3/17/2024 - Rbhan12 Likes this wine:

Such a wow wine. So young with a bright future ahead.

White peach, sesame seed, lemon oil, light flowers. Incredible density and complexity to palate. One of the very few wines where I can actually feel the layers. Vibrant structure with great acidity that is linear and focused.

The problem is the word is already out on these wines. Underscoring this at 93 for now with upside to ~95 with time.

3/19/2024 - KJD45$ wrote:

Pale straw gold
Very comparable to a top Chablis which to me is high
praise..clean precise notes of citrus fruit, sea shells,
Finish is tad stone fruit, citrus lemon lime,
Minerality and bracing clean acidity…
Really delicious… a fantastic food pairing wine

3/19/2024 - GuanYu Likes this wine:

Pale yellow-gold with green tint. Lemon, citrus, pear, cream, hazelnut, honeycomb, and white flowers. Medium bodied, medium-high acidity, medium structure, medium alcohol and long finish. Complex, fresh and elegant. Wine was still youthful with a lush palate. Already quite open and enjoyable.

We paired it with a bottle of 2013 Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey Saint-Aubin 1er Cru Les Perrières Blanc. Very different style and taste. Half the group preferred the 2021 X Omni and the other half preferred the PYCM.

3/12/2024 - GuanYu Likes this wine:

Medium pale greenish-gold. Lemon, pear, roasted almond, cream soda, sea breeze, white flowers, honeysuckle, and wet rocks. Medium bodied, high acidity, medium structure, medium alcohol and long mineral finish. Fresh, elegant and precise.

Delicious, high acidity white wine that should go well with sushi or crustaceans.

3/2/2024 - Peter Spijker Likes this wine:

We should have given this a little bit more air, because this wine really opened up with a bit of time. Lovely pear, melon, peach, mango, lemon, good acidity and body. This was a bit richer than the 2020 Marine (at least in my memory!).

3/2/2024 - OenoEd Likes this wine:

Lime zest , lees, and volcanic basalt from start to finish. Plenty of acidity to balance the Lafon Puligny like richness, and Seth never lets oak dominate his wines. Im sad that the gorgeous fruit for this has been taken by Evening Land , and that Seven Springs wont be produced by Morgen Long again anytime soon. Long finish with chalk dust and mandarin. I think this vintage will drink beautifully for at least 10 years. It did benefit from a half hour decant tonight, and paired beautufully with crisped sweetbreads , capers, Italian butter, and sablefish braised in tangerine juice, miso, ginger and sweet soy. (Surf and Turf!)

2/23/2024 - KJD45$ wrote:

Very similar to last note…
I would add that this is an interesting and unique expression of Chardonnay… one you will remember and want to share with friends…. And to me that makes it a very good wine !!
Nicely done !

2/18/2024 - devraj Likes this wine:

Medium straw in color. Nose takes 20-30 mins to show aromas of yellow citrus, zest, lemon curd, yellow florals, flint and hint of ginger. A linear and precise palate shows flavors of lemon zest and pith, salty minerals, superb acidity and then fans out on the back end to show hint of underripe apples and spice on the finish. Very Chablis like but without the sea-shells/intense chalky notes. Superb wine for the money.

2/18/2024 - ekorn Likes this wine:

Popped and poured into Grassl Crus. This came straight out of the fridge and was initially way too cold; it was all oyster shell. Warming up, some sweet fruit came to the party -- strawberries and orange -- and the body rounded out. That oyster shell note receded to the background, but added some complexity throughout.

2/18/2024 - Rbhan12 Likes this wine:

This was absolutely phenomenal but needed a good 4-6h to fully open.

Beautiful underripe orchard fruit, bright acidity, lovely texture and balance. Kiss of oak that integrates more with being open. Tons of complexity here despite being so young. This should cruise for 10-15 years in the cellar.

Seth may have ruffled some feathers with the price hike of the 22 vintage, but based on what's in the glass it is hard to blame him.

2/12/2024 - lozatron Likes this wine:

Decent enough acidity with some pleasing citrus note but - not much behind that. The fact that there was hardly any oak there gave it interest points for a New World chardy, and certainly a serviceable drink, but not a great deal going on.

2/11/2024 - oldwines Likes this wine:

Lightly reduced/matchstick especially when first opened. Lots of under-ripe pear, green apple, light citrus, hints of herbaceousness, wet stones and saline on the nose and palate. Bright acidity. Long finish. Really tasty!

2/2/2024 - JCGuthrie wrote:

Complex nose with sea spray, ginger, citrus zest; slight reduction. So elegant on the palate with mixed citrus, light flowers, tons of acid, nice depth.

2/1/2024 - rieslinghoarder Likes this wine:

Glassware: Grassl Cru
Prep: Pop n’ pour, followed over a couple hours

Opened this today to celebrate the 2022 vintage release.
Powerful yet inviting nose of flinty reduction and seashells, orange/grapefruit peel, spearmint, iodine, and saffron. On the palate the fruit straddles the line of yellow citrus and orchard fruit, with a nice backbone of saline minerality. There is a Graham cracker note and touch of vanilla on the finish from the oak presence, but this has settled down nicely compared to the first bottles I opened. Medium-bodied with great structure from its dry extract and mouthwatering acidity.

This wine can definitely benefit from further aging, to allow the oak to better integrate, but worth popping one open now if you have a few bottles. The somewhat astringent character the wine first had on release has dissipated, making this more open and enjoyable now without needing an extensive decant.

2/1/2024 - Mrbuzz Likes this wine:

These are gorgeous wines! Starting with the color...shimmering gold with green tinge...nose of subtle reduction match strike, salted vanilla honey, sea air, fresh peach, apple pie. No spritz in this one, splash decanted...SO pure and crystalline with sappy orchard fruits...little tropical weight with some mango...creamy and waxy with killer texture...yet bright and energized with citrus sours and pineapple tingle...has that dry extract that I love...finishes long with spice and floral jasmine...smoked grey salt, with a fresh squeeze lemon hit. From the cool labels, the green glass bottles, and the DIAM closure...this is first class stuff all the way!

1/19/2024 - drwine2001 wrote:

Oregon Trip-Day 1 (Here and there, Willamette Valley): Medium yellow. Some reduction on the nose. Rich tropical fruit attack backed by leesy complexity, and a rush of citrus at the end. Terrific texture and depth. Tour de force for domestic Chardonnay.

1/30/2024 - Emil Oliver Likes this wine:

Such a unique and impressive wine from Morgen Long.

Fantastically complex and quite reductive nose with aromas of matchsticks, chalky mineral notes, bright limey citrus, and herbal notes of terragon and thai basil. Just a touche of spicy oak, really well integrated.

Wonderful nerve. Feels effortless and weightless but still has great concentration of flavor. Long crystaline finish.

Drinks wonderfully now, but has a long life ahead.

Note to self: buy all the ML chards you can find🙏

1/19/2024 - drwine2001 wrote:

Oregon Trip-Day 1 (Here and there, Willamette Valley): Solera wine containing 2022, 2021, and some older juice tasted from tank. Rich, leesy, and nutty. Sweet fruit, excellent acidity, oxidative. Bizarre, although I suppose if you’re a Jura fan…

1/14/2024 - vintage_whine wrote:

no smoke taint. its great and precise, but may not stand up to the x omni in terms of intensity. another great one

12/31/2023 - HandmadeHomemade Likes this wine:

Similar to my 8/16/23 note, had NYE with oysters- crushed it.

12/29/2023 - Iskama Likes this wine:

You know how sometimes you open a premium wine very young and it doesn’t show much, and you say, it must be closed down or it’s too young, it’ll get better, caught it at a bad time. But you really don’t know. This was maybe the first wine I’ve had where I could see clearly into the future - and there is greatness ahead - but I would say to absolutely not open now, or at least not without a long decant, and not serve too cold.

On night one has a sweet and salty lemon flavor, lemon dominant, acid, very very mineral finish, very good. Day two gets hints of tropical fruit like passion fruit and papaya, but not in a ripe sense, just hints of complexity. It’s all there but it’s whispering to you, not overt, very subtle but coiled and clearly heading for the moon in about 5 years.

I loved this. Clearly a lot of others do too because I’m having a hard time backfilling a wine that seemed easy to obtain just a few weeks ago.

12/11/2023 - Chris Davies Likes this wine:

Good on day one even better on day 2. Nice reductive struck match character and lots of drive, intensity and energy. Lovely and will improve.4

12/15/2023 - Outplaying Likes this wine:

Delicious. I love this style of Chardonnay. Saline, lots of acid, some reductive notes. Lighter bodied and refreshing. Ann, on the other hand, doesn’t prefer it.

12/18/2023 - Peter Spijker Likes this wine:

Did not make a detailed note of this as I was in a restaurant setting, but this was a gorgeous wine that pleased a group of wine enthusiasts. Pleasant reduction on the nose, but approachable lean lemon peel, apple, white blossom, white peach, excellent acidity.

12/20/2023 - jviz wrote:

To my surprise, perhaps the least moving Morgen Long I've had to date. This particular bottle showed a little alcoholic heat on opening. Still clean, bright and razor sharp, but lacking in fruit relative to the other 21s I've opened. It was fine, but I'll stick to the other bottlings I think.

12/13/2023 - ThijsV Likes this wine:

Koenraad; start of a tradition? (Koenraad, Utrecht, NL): Great surprise. I’d heard vaguely about the producer and I have some Chardonnay from this vineyard from another producer, but this was very good. Lovely reduction, lean and elegant, stone fruit, toast, lemon grass, white peach. Medium acidity, medium+ finish. 92-93

From two leased blocks from the other producer in my cellar, planted in 2012. 12 months in 50% new oak, 350L. 73 cases produced

11/26/2023 - oropeza wrote:

Length and leanness are still there, but the fruit and floral notes up front are gone. Either it's asleep or it's spent, my only bottle so guess I won't find out.

11/26/2023 - GuanYu Likes this wine:

Pale yellow gold with green tint. Citrus, pear, jasmine tea, almond, salinity and minerality. Fresh, elegant and well-balanced. Long finish. Wine still youthful and now felt a little rounder than last bottle almost a year ago.

11/24/2023 - Nanda wrote:

From magnum. This is a ridiculously good Chardonnay with bright orchard fruit laced with minerals and match stick. Excellent density with luscious, fresh acidity. Mouthwatering finish.

11/18/2023 - Peter Spijker Likes this wine:

A lean style of Chardonnay, with pear, lemon, lime, flint, wet stones, and high acidity. This performed great with a decant and some patience with drinking. Stylistically, the wine reminded me of a Roulot Clos du Haut Tesson À Mon Plaisir I had recently. Score is for drinking now with a decant and some patience, but I can see this improving.

11/4/2023 - WineGeek1989 Likes this wine:

On the nose- Slight reduction on the nose of first pour, but then opens up to stone fruit, fresh pear, fresh citrus, white flowers, wet stone, limestone salinity, old oak.

On the palate- Slight reduction on the palate but then opens up to stone fruit and fresh pear, fresh citrus and white flowers, wet stone and limestone, salinity and old oak. This wine is drinking KILLER being super young but needs about 45 min or so to really open up and show its stuff. I see this being able to age for another 10-15+ years if not longer with no problem at all. One the closest resemblances to Burgundy Chardonnay in the US I have had to date.

11/15/2023 - OenoEd Likes this wine:

I decanted this for 40 minutes before service, and kept it at about 53 degrees. I like this bottle even more than last two I noted here. Even more welcoming, so easy to love for casual drinkers, but interesting enough for we winos. The steady lees contact provides depth and weight, and is a bit too prominent, but this remains a big platter of fresh and dried peach, nectarine, and white melon dusted with applewood smoked sea salt. Its damn yummy, and perfect tonight with cherry wood grilled gochujang marinated skinless chicken thighs, chopped salad, and seared lions mane shrooms with lots of garlic and orange. Just keep heavy cream and animal fat away from this beauty, and it will shine. Kudos Seth!

11/12/2023 - GuanYu Likes this wine:

Pale platinum gold. Citrus, pear, an English garden in summer, salinity and minerality. Fresh, sharp and bright. High acidity with light to ight-medium bodied. Long finish. Very well-made entry-level wine.

11/12/2023 - ledocq Likes this wine:

More than lived up to expectations - vaulted to the top of domestic chardonnay for me, and I understand the comparison to GC Burgundy. Tropical but not too bold, nice acidic ridge to it but never too tangy. Ridiculously good stuff.

11/11/2023 - Mrbuzz Likes this wine:

Another outstanding Morgen Long Chard...I can't stop drinkin them! Decanted this one for an hour...very pale white gold color...pretty nose of wet rocks, candied flower blossoms(? I know), cedar dust, faint flint strike...again....AMAZING crystalline purity in this wine! Bright and energized with grapefruit/lime squeeze, crisp orchard fruit...but also a little sneaky richness of butter sauteed green apples...killer dry extract...salty sea air with a little whiff of someones camp fire up the mountain...the texture is SO invitingly plush, yet refreshingly tart...pleasing finish of salted limes and candied flower blossoms(has to be a thing). LOVE this wine!

11/1/2023 - Mrbuzz Likes this wine:

My first Morgen Long...well second bottle in a week...VERY much likie! This guy is still partying as it was a little hissy upon opening...but some air and swirling calms it down nicely. Super crisp and nervy...bright with lemon lime squeeze...some mango, grapefruit....pretty flower blossom, dried honey florals...LOVE LOVE the crushed rock salinity...that dry extract...with a nice balanced cream, almond, and wax to it. More so in this bottle than the first right off the truck! Yes...very Chablisienne...Louis Michel comes to mind...but you don't get that chalky limestone and sea air funk here...this is very crystalline and pure...very tasty...VERY Oregon Chardonnay! Can't wait to try the others...

9/4/2023 - oldwines Likes this wine:

Tasted with Chardonnay specialist Seth Morgen Long at his facility. Clearly, he has developed a distinct, low ABV, high acid, reductive style of chard that also uses "brown juice" oxidation before fermentation in both steel and barrel and full Malolactic conversion. This wine comes from the Koosah vineyard (but is not labeled as such), which I have had an affinity for from other producers, but apparently, the vineyard has been sold to Resonance/Jadot and may not be available in the future. Slightly darker lemon yellow than the other 2 chards from him we had today. There is some distinct reduction that needs aggressive swirling to overcome, but there is a seamlessness to the textures and flavors that I really like. It is floral, lemony citrus, white nectarine, and mineral-driven, though a little less so than the other two as well. Needs cellaring but probably a little less than the other two.

9/1/2023 - J_Smallwood Likes this wine:

Would fit right in with most Premier Cru white Burgundy. Mildly reductive nose with Meyer lemon, citrus oil, honeysuckle, and pear, wrapped in a creamy texture with mouth watering acidity and mild baking spice all in a wonderful harmony. Easily can go another 10+ years. Not a typical Chardonnay from the states, and I mean that in the best way possible.

9/1/2023 - rieslinghoarder Likes this wine:

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.

9/8/2023 - ekorn Likes this wine:

Well, I guess I failed to let this last bottle hang around for too much longer. This was popped and poured at a restaurant. I felt this really hit its stride around 90 minutes after opening. Delicious.

9/16/2023 - Vstalam wrote:

This really tastes like a high quality Bourgogne blanc or chassagne village to me, would be brutal blind. Would give it a few more years to integrate, reduction on the nose and oak tones balanced by a long acidic finish. Fruit in the mid palate is a bit lacking but time should make all of the components a bit more harmonious given good structure.

9/28/2023 - tunaguy Likes this wine:

Durant comes across a touch more toward orchard fruit than other 20s on the nose but a bit more depth and complexity. More pronounced raw nut and fresh cream, along with lime zest. Palate leans more citrus with fantastic depth. Needed 2 hours of air to fully find itself and drinking much better closer to cellar temp.

10/4/2023 - KJD45$ wrote:

Hay/grass note along with citrus and stone
Very brightly acidic… leaner mineral citrus style.
Very clean precise delivery..
A different style Chardonnay that will not appeal to a Cali Chardonnay lover …
I enjoyed it but think it needs several years of bottle time

10/2/2023 - MuddyBoots wrote:

Discretely aromatic. Cirus. Lime. Some present but not distracting reduction. Nicely textured mouthfeel. Acid. Good grippy length. My wife - big Chablis fan - liked it very much.

10/20/2023 - jviz wrote:

This was side by side with an 18 Roulot Meix Chevaux. Out of the gate it was pretty aggressive. Initially showing just a hint of leesy notes, aggressive acidity with that high toned ginger note. Intense and long. Not a lot of oak showing now. Hold with confidence

10/22/2023 - burgconvert Likes this wine:

I expect big things in 5ish years from now. It’s still approachable now - similar to some of the bigger hitting Walter Scott parcels but more energetic and zippy with toned down and cleaned up reduction. Would figure fans of St. Aubin would find great pleasure in this. For me it’s still developing and I won’t be drinking another for a while.

Nose: 90-92 (now vs. potential)
Palate: 91