Community Tasting Notes 9

• Rieslingfan wrote:

  September 29, 2022 - As usual I drank through these way too soon, as the final bottle was just getting to a more developed and complex state. Still rapier sharp, with a hint of spice, the core of the wine remained its dense citrus fruit and mineral water base. The stone spirit of Chablis with a decided California perspective, the wines says “Hyde” but with an accent.

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• msuwine wrote: 94 points

  February 10, 2022 - This lively and transfixing Chardonnay is incredible at the $50 price point. To be clear, I am a fan of almost all things Massican: to deliver lively and original white wines, at the $30-ish price point, within Northern California, deserves nothing but praise. That said, the only wine I've hesitated on has been the Hyde, since my preferences for Chardonnay trend more fulsome than lean (read: yes to Aubert and Peter Michael, no to Arnot-Roberts and Ceritas... so please feel free to quit reading now if your preferences do not align with mine... "cancel" me!... since this note is worth what you paid for it).
  
  OK... still here?
  
  This wine is awesome, lean but full, in a way that makes me think Dan has hit his stride with this vineyard. If you want cedar chips, caramel macchiato, and tropical pineapple, look elsewhere, but this is among the best of the lean Chardonnays I've tasted recently. Aromas of wet grass, golden delicious apple, and orange peel, the wine is light yellow in color and medium in body. Flavors of lemon curd, green apple (yup, it smells broad and tastes lean), and shaved praline, followed by a tangy and pleasant finish. 12.7% alcohol. This wine doesn't try to prove a point, but it does so nonetheless: purity, balance, flavor, value... it's all there, a fact to which attention must be paid. Drink in next few years.

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• mflesh wrote: 93 points

  April 20, 2021 - This is a really balanced Chardonnay. A good combination between yellow fruit and acidic minerality, this Chardonnay delivers something important to the two major types of Chardonnay lovers. For the ones expecting the punchy yellow fruit, this one gives a hint of banana, some apricot and herbs but then gives an acidic and citrus type of balance with lemon and asian pear with excellent salinity. This one was consumed alone, but probably would have gone much better with something (dehydrated fruits, cheese, nuts, or a combo). Delicious, and seems to depict the versatility in many sides of Hyde fruit! Drink now or you can definitely hold this for 5 years or so.

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• Shay.Aldriedge Likes this wine: 92 points

  April 18, 2021 - This has got to be one of my first 2018s to open, and while I’d normally refrain even if for only a bit longer, this producer has piqued my interest too much. Accolades are great and all, but many fellow winemakers have spoken highly of Dan’s project, which is enough reason to open and see how this is showing.
  
  Normally for my palate, Hyde Chardonnay’s show a lot of bright stone fruit with high acidity (ex: Aubert’s Larry Hyde & Sons...plenty of acidity, lighter style, big fruit up front). Dan has taken Hyde’s fruit and put it front and center. Everything about this wine is about the vineyard. Crystalline and pure. On the nose, it is very ripe without being boozy...grilled lemon, lemon-lime tart, even some kiwi, with floral honeysuckle and sea salt. The palate reveals such an intense expression of the fruit with hardly any notice of oak. This has a strong mineral core and high acidity type backbone, but the mid palate and finish show plenty of ripe lemon, powdered lemon bar tart type flavors. 12.7ABV! Nothing sweet, rich or flabby about this wine. Not sure how it ages, but very enjoyable.

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• Rieslingfan wrote:

  July 6, 2020 - About a year since my last bottle, and this has unfurled in a gorgeous way. It’s all orange zest and lemon cream, with an expansive, almost oily finish that carries a salty intensity and a bit of spice from the new oak elevage. Love the intensity and the refreshment value from the bright acidity. Excellent rendition of Hyde.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2018
• Type White
• Producer Massican
• Varietal Chardonnay
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard Hyde Vineyards
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Napa Valley
• Appellation Napa Valley

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• In Cellars 70 (39%)
• Consumed 110 (61%)

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