Community Tasting Notes 9

• Eric wrote:

  April 14, 2023 - Bisato with friends: Much darker than the 2018 Raveneau it was served next to, cloudy. Served blind from decanter, and it seemed pretty obviously be a Chardonnay from the weight on the palate, but it was right at home next to the Raveneau. I guessed something new world from Oregon, mostly because I figured that was what Adam would bring. That said, this is an easy ringer for a terrific Meursault. The nose has an intriguing bit of brackish salt marsh, that smell from right by the ocean, that gets more grassy and less brackish over time in the glass. The front palate has an immediate attack of wonderfully fresh acidity, salty, fairly powerful but showing a very delicate and faint touch of oak. Really nice showing.

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• David Paris (dbp) wrote: 92 points

  January 5, 2023 - Open for an hour and we were quite easily just throwing the wine back as it's super approachable and drinkable at this stage, so I had to stop myself with half a glass left to write the note. The aromas are incredibly pretty, and yet again, if I were to call this blind I'd guess a nice 1er Burgundy. The notes are elegant with pretty integration of a variety of mineral notes... hard to pick out much else other than "this smells like Burgundy." Perhaps some lemon rind as well. Palate is medium bodied and luscious in texture; quite pretty and elegant with beautiful integration of acidity and minerals, and showing some more of that lemon rind component. The finish offers puckering lemons and vibrant acidity, and there's a really elegant roundness to what's left in the mouth. Probably more round than this was the last time I had it. I don't think this wine is mature, but it's at a superb access point. Perhaps it's at peak (certainly of the fruit), but I am curious to know where it goes from here; I don't think it gets better necessarily, but it certainly will be different and I'm curious where that leads. This is in that 92-93 range, but it really needs some more complexity to get to that higher point of enjoyment. Again, tied for the best Oregon Chardonnay I've had, but being priced like an upper tier 1er Burgundy, I still would choose the 1er Burgundy for my dollars as I've had greater enjoyment for those dollars (and quite a bit less) there.

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• S1 wrote:

  November 5, 2022 - Charleston Offlineorama VII; 11/2/2022-11/6/2022 (Various locations): Reductive, almost flawed nose initially, but then blossomed with air. Very creamy with lemon curd and a hint of chalkiness.
  Very Oregon.

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• Vas19 wrote: 93 points

  November 5, 2022 - Best American chard I've had. No oak or reduction. Just pure minerality and energy.

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• cct wrote: 92 points

  October 2, 2022 - On the nose, ripe orchard fruit, persimmon, creme brûlée, and some honeyed mature notes. On the palate, it'smid plus weighted, growing in breadth with airtime. It's almost Baroque but with excellent balancing acidity keeping it in check. Stony. energetic. broad, rich, and chiseled on the palate with more orchard fruit with some mandarin notes as well. Toothsome extract on the finish. Drinking well now, but for me I would drink up. I can see the comparisons to Corton Charlemagne texturally, with a different slant to the fruit. Outstanding.

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• Vintage 2012
• Type White
• Producer Cameron
• Varietal Chardonnay
• Designation Wadsworth
• Vineyard Clos Electrique
• Country USA
• Region Oregon
• SubRegion Willamette Valley
• Appellation Dundee Hills

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• In Cellars 33 (72%)
• Consumed 13 (28%)

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