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Community Tasting Notes 6
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mzimberg Likes this wine: 93 points
November 6, 2020 - Melted gold. Creme brûlée nose. Thick and lip smacking good palate. Outstanding density. Quite new world and sunny yet at age 41 it still has some very nice lift. I am lucky to be drinking this.
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peternelson wrote: 88 points
September 7, 2015 - Renee's: Old apple, slight sour cider note but clearly not gone, but rather fresh and clean at first with good lift in not complex; got tired fairly quickly with stale notes, shrooms and a bit austere, short finish. The 1st 15 minutes were quite good though. amazing it held up this long--credit it to very good storage.
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Burgundy Al wrote:
September 4, 2012 - Dinner with Friends (Inovasi - Lake Bluff IL): Well past its peak.
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BradKNYC wrote: flawed
October 11, 2011 - Mostly California Wines from the '70s at John Gilman's. (John Gilman's.): Maderized.
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bestdamncab Likes this wine: 86 points
March 20, 1989 - Tasting of 4 Stony Hill Chardonnays at Primas. In those days, this was the ageing Chardonnay with a reputation better than Hanzell or Chateau Montelena by far.
Very vanilla, grapefruit, great taste.
My #4 of 4.
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By John Gilman
Jul/Aug 2013, Issue #46, Mike Chelini of Stony Hill Vineyards Celebrates His Fortieth Harvest(Chardonnay- Stony Hill Vineyards) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Richard Jennings
9/7/2007 (link) 93 points(Stony Hill Chardonnay) Golden orange color; pungent sherry and butter nose; tasty, buttery palate with lemon; medium-plus finish 93+ pts.
Wine Definition
- Vintage 1979
- Type White
- Producer Stony Hill
- Varietal Chardonnay
- Designation n/a
- Vineyard n/a
- Country USA
- Region California
- SubRegion Napa Valley
- Appellation Napa Valley
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 38 (76%)
- Consumed 12 (24%)
Food Pairing
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- ProducerStony Hill
- VarietyChardonnay
- CountryUSA
- RegionCalifornia
- SubRegionNapa Valley
- AppellationNapa Valley
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