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White
2018 Kutch Chardonnay Trout Gulch Vineyard
Chardonnay
- USA
- California
- Santa Cruz Mountains
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Community Tasting Notes 34
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dgkula Likes this wine: 92 points
March 15, 2024 - Just stunning. Beautiful stoniness, light honey and acid. Really outstanding.
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jlm wrote:
February 6, 2024 - To echo other notes from the last 6 months or so, this has entered a nice drinking window, with fruit, acidity, and oak melding more harmoniously than was the case a couple of years ago. This is a medium to light bodies wine with gentle, white-fruited texture on the palate, and fresh but not bracing acidity. Very fine right now.
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BradE wrote:
December 15, 2023 - A great bottle, and as always with Kutch Chardonnay, this punched well above it's weight class. Jamie's chardonnays are one of the best values in the wine world.
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gharter Likes this wine: 92 points
September 20, 2023 - PnP. Aromas of Green apple, lemon, pineapple, peach, mineral and oak. Followed by lots of flavor with apple, citrus fruits and minerals. Light to medium oak shows up in a long smooth finish. Beautiful balance. There must be some bottle variance as this showed less oak than the bottle 1 month ago.
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Frank Murray III wrote:
September 17, 2023 - This showed beautifully. A little oak continues to season the wine, adding some light toast. Pineapple, lemon curd and what I wrote down in my notes as a 'gorgeous texture'. Ripe but yet has a balanced expressive feel. My buddy Sean who was next to me commented about the flint in the finish, saying he consistently gets that in Trout Gulch. He's spot on with the descriptor. Like where this wine is at now and it's aging well.
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By Julia Harding, MW
3/23/2021 (link)(Kutch, Trout Gulch Vineyard Chardonnay Santa Cruz Mountains White) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Jeb Dunnuck
Sonoma: Another Brilliant Vintage in 2018, 5/21/2020 (link)(Kutch Wines Chardonnay Kutch Trout Gulch) Subscribe to see review text.
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By John Gilman
Jan/Feb 2020, Issue #85, Recently-Tasted Old School And Neo-Classical American Wines(Chardonnay “Trout Gulch Vineyard”- Kutch Wines (Santa Cruz Mountains)) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Antonio Galloni
Seeing 20/20 – Sonoma & Anderson Valley Preview (Jan 2020), 1/1/2020 (link)(Kutch Chardonnay Trout Gulch Central Coast Red) Subscribe to see review text.
Wine Definition
- Vintage 2018
- Type White
- Producer Kutch
- Varietal Chardonnay
- Designation n/a
- Vineyard Trout Gulch Vineyard
- Country USA
- Region California
- SubRegion Santa Cruz Mountains
- Appellation Santa Cruz Mountains
- UPC Code 7072797006292
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 8 (1%)
- In Cellars 318 (52%)
- Consumed 281 (46%)
Food Pairing
No food pairings available.
Who Likes This Wine
100% Like It 14 votes
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- RegionCalifornia
- AppellationSanta Cruz Mountains
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