Community Tasting Notes 2

• srh wrote:

  December 21, 2019 - CA Chards (4) & White Burgundies (2) (Vintage Wines Ltd., San Diego, CA): 100% Chard from King Estate, clones Wente, 95, 76, & 548; Barrel aged 16 mos in FR Oak (30% new); 185 cases produced. Based upon notes for the '15 vintage, I'm *guessing* this was 100% barrel/malolactic fermented with aging on the lees.
  
  N: CLOSED, not much, so best to go with my previous TN here?
  
  P: MF body; RNDISH entry with nice, almost swtish oak/frt met by an initially almost puckerish astringency which SURPRISES me with its resolution by the LONG, ULT balanced, tangy/swt finish. IF one can ignore the mid-P, or it dissipates with cellaring, my VG/VG+ will be low. [Check with this vendor if interested in their pricing.]
  
  Note: Today, for whatever reason, I didn’t enjoy this nearly as much as when 1st tasted on 9/21/19.

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• srh Likes this wine:

  September 21, 2019 - Winebar [1 Rosé, 3 Whites, 8 Reds, & 6 *shared* bottles] from 09/20/19 (Vintage Wines Ltd., San Diego, CA): 100% Chardfrom King Estate, Clones Wente, 95, 76, & 548; Barrel aged 16 mos in French Oak (30% new); 185 cases produced. Based upon notes for the '15 vintage, I'm *guessing* this was 100% barrel/malolactic fermented with aging on the lees.
  
  N: A melding of minerals & pears with notes of toast
  
  P: Med body; Rndish entry with nice OAK (Meursault-like?™)/frt off-set by an acidity which SUBTLY controls the action into & through the LONG, tangy/swt finish with OCCASIONAL *hints* of a very, VERY slight bitterness. A somewhat atypical™ CA style for now & through '21? My EXC- (90, 91/100 on that metric); [Check with this vendor if interested in their pricing.]
  
  ™Whatever the PRECISE nature of the oak, for me it came across FAR more French-like than "usual" for CA. I likened it to Meursault in that it seems like SOMEWHERE along the line I've tasted similar from that AOC.

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• Vintage 2016
• Type White
• Producer Petree Cellars
• Varietal Chardonnay
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Sonoma County
• Appellation Russian River Valley

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• Consumed 23 (85%)

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