Community Tasting Notes 9

• Kriz wrote: 90 points

  May 19, 2021 - I like it. Good nose with oak, butter and some pine. Towards white Burgundy.
  Tasty palate. Good white fruit and acidity.
  Long fresh finish with some sharpness.

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• SparkyMI Likes this wine: 93 points

  June 26, 2020 - This is just great wine.
  If you are a lover of white burgundy and are appalled by the buttery Califonia chardonays, have faith.
  The producer has given us a wine with structure and flavor. High toned fruit, a bit of petrol and a firm bit of acid makes one of the better California wines I have tasted in a long time.
  This is wine is a steal.

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• Elycohn Likes this wine: 92 points

  January 19, 2020 - Stupid good. So expressive and easy for me to love as Chenin is probably my favorite single varietal grape in the still form. Viscous passion fruit, ripe apricot, lemon meringue, and plenty of spice.

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• Elycohn Likes this wine: 92 points

  September 13, 2019 - A glimmer of hope for well priced natural wine from California. Combe Chenin is deep with personality. Ripe with plenty of residual acid, there is spiced pineapple, quince, basil, and earthy mushrooms. Terrific and underpriced ($20) and will probably retail for $31 next year.

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• acyso wrote: 80 points

  September 8, 2019 - "Everyone knows German Reisling wines do not age." (Chicago, IL): Slightly mousy and plenty of volatility; given the more natural style here, this bottle just hasn't held up well. Nice acidity and some discernible chenin character, but I have trouble with those natty elements.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2017
• Type White
• Producer Stolpman
• Varietal Chenin Blanc
• Designation Combe
• Vineyard n/a
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Central Coast
• Appellation Ballard Canyon
• UPC Code 890095000517

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• In Cellars 39 (35%)
• Consumed 73 (65%)

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