Nose: Quite delicious. Banana, pineapple, quite an exotic fruit salad! Mouth: Consistent with the nose. Smooth mouthfeel. Perhaps a bit over the top but very enjoyable.
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Perhaps would make a good budget cocktail party quaffer. Light yellow color with no discernible legs -- in fact the wine beads up in the glass. Very light bodied. Coconut and vanilla in the nose with lemon peel notes, apricot, some cat pee and a bludgeon of wood chips on the palate, followed by a tart apple/pineapple finish. Not much there there.
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color: pellucid light yellow x gold; nose: faint oak; taste: slightly buttery medium-bodied mouth feel, slightly tart apple taste with a little butterscotch and peach, hollow midpalate, short-to-medium-length apple finish with a little acidity; overall: OK - i.e. average and unexciting, middle of the chard taste profile road, i.e. neither lean not fat -- drinkable and pleasant value-priced juice, probably OK for casual company
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“Affordable Chardonnay Tasting - Part I” (non-blind), in July 2013. The bottle was sealed with a synthetic cork. The wine was medium- to light yellow in colour and offered nutty aromas, hints of pear, ripe red apple, pineapple and peach, melted butter and vanilla on the nose. On the palate the wine had medium-plus body, the fullest body of the flight, and showed flavours of ripe apple, hints of pineapple, pear and peach, as well as butter and some smoke, paired with medium- to medium-plus acidity, a buttery mouthfeel, and good length. A little bland, but serviceable.
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Pale straw yellow color with fruity apple, lemon rind and spiced vanilla aromas. On the palate, it's between light and medium-bodied, fruity, and low-acid with easy with apple, lemon, pineapple and spiced vanilla flavors. Medium finish. Aged for 10 months in French/American oak. 96% Chardonnay. 2% Thompson Seedless, 1% White Riesling, 1% Gewürztraminer. Fruit sourced from 89% Monterey County, 7% San Benito County, 2% Santa Clara County, 2% Valley South. Nice value play at $11
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Nice easy drinking chardonnay. Not too complex, some oak, some butter, decent acidity with white peach, lemon zest and a hint of apricot. Very good quality to price ratio.
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PnP at a dinner party. Light straw colored. Not much happening on the nose or palate. Seemed like 100% ML. Oak not overdone, so that's good. All in all, there are much better options at this price point.
Tasted in a Ultima white wine glass.
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The wine is a nice golden straw color. On the fresh smelling nose there are crisp apples, lemon zest, white peaches, toasty oak, fresh Spring flowers, and a bit of baking spices. This has medium body and is a touch creamy with some citrusy acidity kicking in on the back end. On the palate there is a big shot of spicy, tart apples and lemon zest with just a touch of oak adding depth. This finish has good length with nice balance between the apples and lemon zest with just enough spicy oak to keep the wine in check. This would be a nice wine to serve with a creamy, rich dish or chicken. This wine could also be served on its own as a nice cocktail wine.
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1/31/2016 - Jazzy4josephine Likes this wine:
Nice label. Robert Mondavi makes really good wines for a good price
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11/18/2015 - wineaficionado Likes this wine: 89 Points
Nose: Quite delicious. Banana, pineapple, quite an exotic fruit salad! Mouth: Consistent with the nose. Smooth mouthfeel. Perhaps a bit over the top but very enjoyable.
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12/29/2014 - jonahfactor Does not like this wine: 77 Points
Perhaps would make a good budget cocktail party quaffer. Light yellow color with no discernible legs -- in fact the wine beads up in the glass. Very light bodied. Coconut and vanilla in the nose with lemon peel notes, apricot, some cat pee and a bludgeon of wood chips on the palate, followed by a tart apple/pineapple finish. Not much there there.
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7/22/2014 - captdantheman wrote: 80 Points
Light oak and pale color.
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5/2/2014 - Epic Tale wrote: 82 Points
color: pellucid light yellow x gold; nose: faint oak; taste: slightly buttery medium-bodied mouth feel, slightly tart apple taste with a little butterscotch and peach, hollow midpalate, short-to-medium-length apple finish with a little acidity; overall: OK - i.e. average and unexciting, middle of the chard taste profile road, i.e. neither lean not fat -- drinkable and pleasant value-priced juice, probably OK for casual company
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7/25/2013 - PSPatrick wrote: 84 Points
“Affordable Chardonnay Tasting - Part I” (non-blind), in July 2013. The bottle was sealed with a synthetic cork. The wine was medium- to light yellow in colour and offered nutty aromas, hints of pear, ripe red apple, pineapple and peach, melted butter and vanilla on the nose. On the palate the wine had medium-plus body, the fullest body of the flight, and showed flavours of ripe apple, hints of pineapple, pear and peach, as well as butter and some smoke, paired with medium- to medium-plus acidity, a buttery mouthfeel, and good length. A little bland, but serviceable.
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4/8/2013 - wdlohr wrote: 86 Points
clear light, aromas of peach and pineapple. It has a mineral citrus taste with slight oak but the finish fades quickly.
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3/18/2013 - giniajim Likes this wine: 87 Points
Very nice, rich feel, not too oaky for a char. Great value, would definitely buy again (and will try to do so).
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3/1/2013 - Martin Redmond Likes this wine: 85 Points
Pale straw yellow color with fruity apple, lemon rind and spiced vanilla aromas. On the palate, it's between light and medium-bodied, fruity, and low-acid with easy with apple, lemon, pineapple and spiced vanilla flavors. Medium finish. Aged for 10 months in French/American oak. 96% Chardonnay. 2% Thompson Seedless, 1% White Riesling, 1% Gewürztraminer. Fruit sourced from 89% Monterey County, 7% San Benito County, 2% Santa Clara County, 2% Valley South. Nice value play at $11
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2/26/2013 - vin0vin0 Likes this wine: 83 Points
Nice easy drinking chardonnay. Not too complex, some oak, some butter, decent acidity with white peach, lemon zest and a hint of apricot. Very good quality to price ratio.
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2/19/2013 - Barrygloec wrote: 89 Points
Sandy likes this wine
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2/6/2013 - HRFishbowl Likes this wine: 87 Points
straw hue, long legs, pear notes, and well balanced. went very nicely with the pheasant pot pie we had tonight.
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1/6/2013 - hesnctrl Does not like this wine: 82 Points
PnP at a dinner party. Light straw colored. Not much happening on the nose or palate. Seemed like 100% ML. Oak not overdone, so that's good. All in all, there are much better options at this price point.
Tasted in a Ultima white wine glass.
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10/31/2012 - cbbrown3 wrote: 87 Points
The wine is a nice golden straw color. On the fresh smelling nose there are crisp apples, lemon zest, white peaches, toasty oak, fresh Spring flowers, and a bit of baking spices. This has medium body and is a touch creamy with some citrusy acidity kicking in on the back end. On the palate there is a big shot of spicy, tart apples and lemon zest with just a touch of oak adding depth. This finish has good length with nice balance between the apples and lemon zest with just enough spicy oak to keep the wine in check. This would be a nice wine to serve with a creamy, rich dish or chicken. This wine could also be served on its own as a nice cocktail wine.
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