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• srh wrote:

  October 5, 2019 - Winebar [4 Whites, 8 Reds, & 8 *shared* bottles] from 10/04/19 (Vintage Wines Ltd., San Diego, CA): “Harvest began on 8/29 & ended 9/13/16. Sugar levels ranged from 22.7-25.9° Brix. The frt was whole cluster pressed directly to barrel for primary fermentation without settling using Montrachet yeast. Post fermentation the wines were barrel aged for 11 mos sur lie in 50% new Francois Freres oak, 45% once used, & 5% in a Stockinger Foudre. 15% of the wine went through spontaneous malolactic fermentation. Post bottling the wine was aged for 10 mos. 705 cases produced & released 4/1/18.”
  
  N: CLOSED, but sensing butter
  
  P: Med, poss MF, body; Very RNDISH entry with nice, ALMOST swtish OAK/frt met by an acidity which somewhat works its way from an oaky harshness into a LONG, VERY slightly bitterish finish. I'd drink this during the next 6 mos or so, IF I were to drink it. My VG; 87 pts John Gilman (1/1/19). [DO check with this vendor if interested in their *very* COMPETITIVE price!]

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• Vintage 2016
• Type White
• Producer El Molíno
• Varietal Chardonnay
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Napa Valley
• Appellation Rutherford

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