Community Tasting Notes 5

• sluttywine wrote: 83 points

  February 25, 2009 - Drink now or yester-year. Fell apart upon opening. Lots of citric notes that leave a steely tang to the finish. No direction at all. I drank all three in the same week and they were consistently bad. No better time than now...83 points

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• BenSlivka wrote: 79 points

  January 8, 2006 - This wine was over the hill, with a skunky materized taste.
  Or could just have been a bad bottle.

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• Mark wrote: 84 points

  August 7, 2005 - Tasting note from memory. This Charles has seen better days. I recall tasting this wine back in 2001, and it was quite superior. Decided notes of citrus and hard lemon candy with a mouth feel and a finish that just didn’t integrate all that well. The finish was short abrupt and not all together pleasing. Looks like I waiting too long on this one.

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• OneLastSyrah wrote:

  August 1, 2001 - ($30) Wine Country August 2001: Acidic tart apples. Minerally French oak. Just okay. Not for me.

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• mdefreitas wrote: 85 points

  January 5, 2001 - Sumay's No-Show Birthday Party @ Vivaca Grill (Mountain View, CA): Very nice nose of honey and sweet butter. Medium bodied; could use a bit more fruit. Seemed to have turned a bit lean with air. Smelled better than it tasted.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 1998
• Type White
• Producer Martinelli
• Varietal Chardonnay
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard Charles Ranch
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Sonoma County
• Appellation Sonoma Coast

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• In Cellars 24 (71%)
• Consumed 10 (29%)

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