Community Tasting Notes 25

• Thrstn wrote:

  January 17, 2016 - Didn't realize when purchasing (17 Jan 16) that it was a 2011 vintage.
  
  The wine was definitely flat and muted through the middle and had a very sharp strange flavor in the finish. A bad aftertaste that might have been cork taint. I didn't pick up a strong corked aroma but the odd taste might have been a bit of corking.
  
  I think if i was a couple years younger this might have been a pretty nice wine, but in 2016 I could definitely tell it was well past its prime.
  
  Due to the unintended age of the wine I'm not giving a numerical score as it would be an unfair assessment.

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• dwaynelm Likes this wine: 84 points

  November 8, 2015 - Oak overwhelms this one. There's some underlying green apple and lemon trying to get out. Balanced acidity.

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• dwaynelm Likes this wine: 86 points

  July 16, 2014 - Basic chardonnay with a high end amount of oak. Good value.

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• Timbalimba wrote: 84 points

  April 5, 2014 - Cabbage, toast, butterscotch. Salty, oaky palate, not much fruit, plenty of oak but little else. Decent finish but it could have done with more fruit and acidity.

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• larseman wrote: 84 points

  February 1, 2014 - Lite reduktiv i doften, typ brända tändstickor. Vädrades ur efter en stund. Nötter, mandel, blodgrape och gula äpplen.
  Knappt medelfyllig, måttliga syror och en liten beska i den inte alltför långa eftersmaken.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2011
• Type White
• Producer Chateau Ste. Michelle
• Varietal Chardonnay
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country USA
• Region Washington
• SubRegion Columbia Valley
• Appellation Columbia Valley
• UPC Codes 088586000775, 088586603846

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• In Cellars 248 (23%)
• Consumed 840 (77%)

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