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White
2010 Littorai Chardonnay Mays Canyon
Chardonnay
- USA
- California
- Sonoma County
- Russian River Valley
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Community Tasting Notes 13
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KL1191 Likes this wine: 94 points
August 23, 2021 - Mays Canyon (aka Porter-Bass Vineyard) is an SVD that I tend to think of as more of an early drinker in the Littorai lineup. I need to stop that. This has the sea spray, Kalamata, black truffle, and sweet decay that its weightier cousins add with sufficient age, but with a more sprightly acidity that suggests it has years to go, and some delicious Asian-inspired aromatics (ginger/hoisin).
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rlove wrote: 90 points
August 12, 2020 - Hanging in there but past peak with tertiary spice. The remaining fruit gives the suggestion of Botrytis. Full in body but the weight isn't met by power. Acidity remains high.
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Ara Kafafian Likes this wine: 95 points
June 8, 2020 - Blind, typical Chardonnay notes to the n’th degree, very intense, very rich, very long seems youthful, incredibly well balanced. One of the greatest Chardonnay’s I’ve ever had. Will drink well for another decade at least.
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gsiokis wrote: 89 points
August 8, 2019 - Last bottle. This bottle seemed possibly past its peak from last year. There wasn't much depth as the previous taster noted and felt the finish was lacking. Decent but nowhere near as good as last year.
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DollarMenunaire wrote:
July 18, 2019 - Good acidity and lemony freshness. This has weathered the years since release well, and is clearly well-made from good grapes. But at this stage there should be a depth to the wine and there isn't much. Most of the palate interest is still from wood tones and I don't see a presence of tertiary complexity, soil-driven terroir, or minerality. So in that regard it's still like 99% of California Chard at the end of the day and kinda depressing to drink.
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May/June 2012, IWC Issue #162 (link)(Littorai Chardonnay Mays Canyon Russian River Valley) Subscribe to see review text.
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Wine Definition
- Vintage 2010
- Type White
- Producer Littorai
- Varietal Chardonnay
- Designation Mays Canyon
- Vineyard n/a
- Country USA
- Region California
- SubRegion Sonoma County
- Appellation Russian River Valley
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 136 (47%)
- Consumed 155 (53%)
Food Pairing
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Who Likes This Wine
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- CountryUSA
- RegionCalifornia
- SubRegionSonoma County
- AppellationRussian River Valley
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