Golden yellow; honeysuckle, caramel, lemons; buttery, citrusy, medium-full body, good acidity, decent finish. Enjoyable and easy to drink. Oakiness backed up by varietal flavours and acidity. Good QPR and tasty with battered cod.
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Agree with other reviews - Fruity nose. Sweet, butter, oak (but not too much), slight hint of apple. Nice balance of acidity, leaving a Light crisp taste at the back of the palate. Great value (was able to pick up for $7.99).
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Old reliable for a crowd pleasing buttery chardonnay from Washington. This wine shows caramel and pear on the nose and is slightly sweet with vanilla and apple on the palate. This is an easy choice for a party or everyday drinker. It doesn't pretend to be something it isn't and it is at or near of the top of the heap for value chardonnay.
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Tasted for part of the WD TWF event. Golden color.
On its own: Notes of pineapple, toasty oak and apples. A full-bodied Chard, with toasty, vanilla-accented oak and butterscotch flavors.
Paired with store-bought crab cakes and lobster cakes: Paired okay with the lobster cakes, and better with the crab cakes. By this point, the bottle had been open for an hour while I prepared the rest of our dinner. The toasty oak flavor is more prominent, and there's a tinny/metallic harshness on the finish. It does have a long finish however.
My guess is that this needs a little time to resolve that metallic note. At its price point ($8.99 locally), it represents a good value.
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Light pale color. Nice citrus nose and finish. Oak finish is typical for a new age chardonnay but it is not overdone. For under $10 this makes for a very good everyday drinker.
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Lots of people seem to like this one, but the buttered popcorn sensation is too much for me...or worse, it you've ever had a "buttered popcorn" jelly-belly, that's what this wine can taste like. Actually, it really isn't that bad. Beyond the butter, the rest of it seems solid.
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One of the very best chardonnay values from any region. Washington State's own Columbia Crest gives every other producer a serious run for the best tasting sub 10 buck bottle around. Everyone, and their mother, carries this stuff so shop around based on price, if it is more than 10 keep looking. Great flavor of fruit and oak, probably too much oak for some but what the heck! It's under 10 bucks... MY only complaint is that it is sweeter than almost every other chardonnay I have tried. That probably explains it's popularity. I have had a couple of bad bottles so be careful of dusty pallets that have sat out in the sun for to long....They weren't corked but cooked.
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My notes pretty much match thebonnydooner's and basis's. Though this is from Washington State, it's cut from California cloth -- the oak is rich and unsubtle, but that suits my unsubtle palate well enough. The nose and everything after are heavy on the marshmallow, but there's just enough pear and acidity here to keep things decently centered. It's not transcendent or complex, but it's a hell of a quaff for $9.
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Been too long since I drank to post a complete TN so this is a general impression only.
Decent quaffing charonnay for the money. A little too oaky for me, but clean and simple with nice white fruit (mainly pear) and vanilla showing up. Decent finish. Not bad. 86 Pts.
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Yellow gold. Nose of oak and a little pear. Nice mouthfeel and viscosity. On the palate, a little apple, a little butter, and a little too much oak. There's not a lot going on here, but for $9 it's pretty good. Better is the '02 Sebastiani Sonoma for the same price.
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Medium gold in colour. Sweet, buttery, oaky with apple and caramel hints. Ripe and sweet on palate, noticeably oaky but not overly so, rather rich mouthfeel, still retains a nice freshness due to apple/pear acidity. This is a very tasty wine for $9. I have tasted many poorer chardonnays at $20+.
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4/6/2008 - golfhawk wrote: 88 Points
Crisp and mineral and should be drank now.
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11/8/2007 - dsimmons wrote: 90 Points
Good till the last bottle!!
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5/27/2007 - texaswino wrote: 90 Points
still hanging in there and drinking nicely. Last bottle.
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3/27/2007 - paristrout wrote:
waited too long
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12/24/2006 - ColinR wrote: 88 Points
Golden yellow; honeysuckle, caramel, lemons; buttery, citrusy, medium-full body, good acidity, decent finish.
Enjoyable and easy to drink. Oakiness backed up by varietal flavours and acidity. Good QPR and tasty with battered cod.
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9/24/2006 - Lando wrote: 85 Points
Decent Chard, went fine with halibut. Would buy/drink again.
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8/12/2006 - ranger15 wrote: 89 Points
Agree with other reviews - Fruity nose. Sweet, butter, oak (but not too much), slight hint of apple. Nice balance of acidity, leaving a Light crisp taste at the back of the palate. Great value (was able to pick up for $7.99).
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4/3/2006 - snanjjma wrote: 77 Points
Way too okay
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3/19/2006 - sounder66 wrote: 89 Points
Old reliable for a crowd pleasing buttery chardonnay from Washington. This wine shows caramel and pear on the nose and is slightly sweet with vanilla and apple on the palate. This is an easy choice for a party or everyday drinker. It doesn't pretend to be something it isn't and it is at or near of the top of the heap for value chardonnay.
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1/27/2006 - Drrawstern wrote: 89 Points
Used this at a wine tasting dinner. Really smooth and round, butter, melon, apples.
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1/10/2006 - DesMarteau wrote: 90 Points
Always good
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12/28/2005 - AllRed wrote: 88 Points
Tasted for part of the WD TWF event. Golden color.
On its own: Notes of pineapple, toasty oak and apples. A full-bodied Chard, with toasty, vanilla-accented oak and butterscotch flavors.
Paired with store-bought crab cakes and lobster cakes: Paired okay with the lobster cakes, and better with the crab cakes. By this point, the bottle had been open for an hour while I prepared the rest of our dinner. The toasty oak flavor is more prominent, and there's a tinny/metallic harshness on the finish. It does have a long finish however.
My guess is that this needs a little time to resolve that metallic note. At its price point ($8.99 locally), it represents a good value.
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12/28/2005 - sgpracer wrote: 87 Points
Light pale color. Nice citrus nose and finish. Oak finish is typical for a new age chardonnay but it is not overdone. For under $10 this makes for a very good everyday drinker.
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12/12/2005 - dgreg wrote: 84 Points
Lots of people seem to like this one, but the buttered popcorn sensation is too much for me...or worse, it you've ever had a "buttered popcorn" jelly-belly, that's what this wine can taste like. Actually, it really isn't that bad. Beyond the butter, the rest of it seems solid.
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10/29/2005 - MeMyself&I wrote: 86 Points
One of the very best chardonnay values from any region. Washington State's own Columbia Crest gives every other producer a serious run for the best tasting sub 10 buck bottle around. Everyone, and their mother, carries this stuff so shop around based on price, if it is more than 10 keep looking. Great flavor of fruit and oak, probably too much oak for some but what the heck! It's under 10 bucks... MY only complaint is that it is sweeter than almost every other chardonnay I have tried. That probably explains it's popularity. I have had a couple of bad bottles so be careful of dusty pallets that have sat out in the sun for to long....They weren't corked but cooked.
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10/25/2005 - Stephan O wrote: 89 Points
My notes pretty much match thebonnydooner's and basis's. Though this is from Washington State, it's cut from California cloth -- the oak is rich and unsubtle, but that suits my unsubtle palate well enough. The nose and everything after are heavy on the marshmallow, but there's just enough pear and acidity here to keep things decently centered. It's not transcendent or complex, but it's a hell of a quaff for $9.
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10/10/2005 - jacobp wrote: 92 Points
Delicious, blanced chardonnay with oak notes, and lively aromas.
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10/5/2005 - ashults wrote: 85 Points
Nicely balanced between fruit and vanilla/oak, but perhaps a bit much alcohol heat. Good QPR.
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5/14/2005 - Pool Boy wrote: 86 Points
Been too long since I drank to post a complete TN so this is a general impression only.
Decent quaffing charonnay for the money. A little too oaky for me, but clean and simple with nice white fruit (mainly pear) and vanilla showing up. Decent finish. Not bad. 86 Pts.
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5/1/2005 - jwolf99 wrote:
pear, pineapple, toasty oak; tangy, concentrated, flavorful
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2/5/2005 - basis wrote: 87 Points
Yellow gold. Nose of oak and a little pear. Nice mouthfeel and viscosity. On the palate, a little apple, a little butter, and a little too much oak. There's not a lot going on here, but for $9 it's pretty good. Better is the '02 Sebastiani Sonoma for the same price.
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12/2/2004 - thebonnydooner wrote: 89 Points
Medium gold in colour. Sweet, buttery, oaky with apple and caramel hints. Ripe and sweet on palate, noticeably oaky but not overly so, rather rich mouthfeel, still retains a nice freshness due to apple/pear acidity. This is a very tasty wine for $9. I have tasted many poorer chardonnays at $20+.
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11/2/2004 - MrGroove wrote: 90 Points
Caramel then apple on the nose. Very complex taste. Rich silky mouthfeel--smooth but not oaky.
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8/23/2004 - chris_3 wrote: 70 Points
lemony chardonnay to Kathy's taste not to mine
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