Community Tasting Notes 63

• scott@asrestaurant.com Likes this wine: 94 points

  November 24, 2023 - 2013 vintage. Overtly decadent, überripe and spent when tasting just after decanting. No sediment. Initial temp tasted was at about 60 degrees F. Rated an 8.8/88. Beyond golden color in the decanter. Prepared an ice bucket ice bath with double linen napkins atop the remaining ice and placed the decanter roughly 25% into the ice bath. Let sit for 20-25 mins. Retasted. Wine temp was closer to 45 degrees F. Completely different wine. Tasted like a top-notch, 10 year old Meursault with ridiculous amounts of vanilla bean and crème brûlée. Slight undercurrent of acidity wove the entire endeavor together. Now? A 9.4/94. Not my style but it didn't suck. 11.15.23.

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• zimmy07 Likes this wine: 93 points

  November 22, 2023 - This is good, no where near the best Marcassin Chard I have had. started off orangish and after 2 hours brilliant gold, this needs time. I agree served cold or room temp changes this wine dramatically. At the end all the richness, butter and oak from a classic Maracassin but too damn flabby. No other way to say it. I like the leaner style and that is usually with vintage, but this was so over the top not the biggest fan

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• smurfmacaw Likes this wine: 98 points

  October 29, 2023 - Extremely nice. Very pure fruit with almost no oak evident and some tannins. Some caramel notes...Very pure fruit but not a fruit bomb. Everything you would expect from a boutique, high end California chardonnay. Not sure why I rated it a point lower than last time I tried it, maybe just a phase it's going through. Obviously mature and ready to drink...looooooong finish...stays with you forever.

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• bsbrown05 Likes this wine: 99 points

  October 20, 2023 - Plenty of life remaining in this wine, as it was equally drinkable on the second day. I am very happy to have been offered an allocation of this wine, given its prices in the secondary market!

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• rocknroller wrote: 94 points

  October 19, 2023 - Judgement of Eagan (Jason P's, St. Paul, MN): Light medium gold color. PNP, drank a glass over an hour plus. Perfumed on the nose, with candied pear, tropical notes, orange and lemon, orange blossoms. On the palate this decadent and rich, soft texture, pear, white pepper, savory, citrus, voluminous, and long. This was excellent, but not quite as good as a couple other even more memorable bottles from recent memory. Big stylistic differences, and I like both a lot, but the nod for me tonight clearly goes to the '10 Bonneau du Martray CC. Group vote was 5-4 for the Bonneau.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2013
• Type White
• Producer Marcassin
• Varietal Chardonnay
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard Marcassin Vineyard
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Sonoma County
• Appellation Sonoma Coast
• UPC Code 7725295076068

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• Pending Delivery 106 (2%)
• In Cellars 2,871 (62%)
• Consumed 1,660 (36%)

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