March 21, 2016 - Impressive that this wine is still great at this age. Would have been better a few year back, but still a pleasure
March 20, 2016 - Impressive that the wine is still holding at this age. Probably past its prime, but still great
August 28, 2010 - Delicious but drink up now, and this from a magnum. Beginning to fall apart.
May 30, 2010 - BBQ'ing with Brian, Karen, Ken and Kelly (The Scotts (Landenberg, PA)): I didn't take notes on this but remember it being good but not special. Maybe even on the downhill side.
August 11, 2008 - About the same as the last bottle I drank. Oak juice, with fantastic acidity. I made the mistake of serving this with some minimally acidic food this time, and the wine's 14.7% alcohol became a serious burn hazard for our throats. Be careful what you serve this with.
June 16, 2007 - This bottle was far inferior to the last one I drank last November. This time, the explosion of opulent fruit that I had loved so much was gone this time. All that was left was oak. Monumentally huge oak, which now has no fruit to balance it. I must say though, this is really delicious oak juice. Toasty warm vanilla, white chocolate, and coffee ice cream. Yum. This bottle basically offered no remaining evidence that any grapes were even involved in its manufacture, but the oak was spectacular. I'm not above complimenting good quality oak, and this is some of the best. Good enough, in my perhaps-unsophisticated view, to warrant a 92-point score, even though this wine doesn't even really taste like wine at all. My friend had a sip the next morning, and noted that it tasted exactly the same as the previous night. Oak is forever, I guess.
November 16, 2006 - Beautifully multifaceted nose. Huge, complex fruit on the palate... bananas, pineapples, apricots... very exotic. All kinds of stuff I don't expect to get from chardonnay. Extremely long finish, in which the fruit gradually gives way to a wonderfully persistent mineral element. To me this wine lacks in acidity, but is otherwise exquisitely balanced, and, in general, stunningly successful. It's my first Paul Hobbs wine. I'll have to pay more attention.
July 25, 2006 - Excellent Chard! It has great ridhness, but with perfect balance. Not quite as good as a top Peter Michael. but a treat.