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White
2020 Hundred Suns Chardonnay Old Eight Cut
Chardonnay
- USA
- Oregon
- Willamette Valley
Label borrowed from 2019
Label borrowed from 2021
Label borrowed from 2022
Label borrowed from 2022
Community Tasting Notes 9
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doctornoah Likes this wine: 91 points
May 8, 2023 - River School Auction Tasting (Washington DC): Incisive, bright, and young as heck. Good length, but outclassed in this tasting against aged Cameron and White burg. Good upside. A bit of oak still to be subsumed.
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fussyeater wrote:
January 17, 2023 - Revisited. Lemon and white grapefruit on the nose, midpalate is a bit more flabby and less chiselled / precise compared with previous bottle.
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fussyeater Likes this wine:
December 17, 2022 - Upon opening a bit of smoke but far less than the PYCMs I drunk the other lunch, which in this instance quickly blows off (even though it is supposed to be a "smoke taint" vintage), followed by seaweed and salty seawater on beach pebbles.
Weight and viscosity on the palate (the Diam10s now make sense - this is a serious wine) with a lovely mouthfeel. More on the yellow fruits which are ripe but not too sweet, there is nothing confected or artificial here - purity in spades. It is saline and appetising and v refreshing with good length and real persistence on the finish.
I was expecting something less serious and made for immediate consumption, but this is a compelling Oregon white deserving proper cellaring (but do still try a bottle soon if you can - it is still a joy right now). 12.9% ABV from Zalto Universal and served PnP from a v cold cellar. -
jvphoto Likes this wine: 92 points
October 23, 2022 - Prickly pear, pineapple, lemon zest, ginger, crystalline acidity
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rorothecat wrote: flawed
September 2, 2022 - Very smoke tainted. Drinks like a scotch. Undrinkable for my palate.
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By James Suckling
4/7/2022 (link)(Hundred Suns Chardonnay Willamette Valley Old Eight Cut, White, United States) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Richard Jennings
6/19/2022 (link) 92 points(Hundred Suns Chardonnay Old Eight Cut) Bright light lemon yellow color; lemon gelee, lemon butter, light green herb nose; tasty, lemon gelee, fresh lemon, light green herb palate with bright, near medium acidity; medium-plus finish (12.9% alcohol; composition cork)
Wine Definition
- Vintage 2020
- Type White
- Producer Hundred Suns
- Varietal Chardonnay
- Designation Old Eight Cut
- Vineyard n/a
- Country USA
- Region Oregon
- SubRegion Willamette Valley
- Appellation Willamette Valley
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 65 (52%)
- Consumed 61 (48%)
Food Pairing
No food pairings available.
Who Likes This Wine
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- CountryUSA
- RegionOregon
- SubRegionWillamette Valley
- AppellationWillamette Valley
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