Deep yellow color. Fresh nose of pineapple and lemon. Medium body. Mild acidity in the finish, some notes of roasted almond. Can go for some more years. Nice and fresh.
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Clearly has seen some woord, that has not fully integrated yet. Clear, fresh, ripe fruit, saffron, tropical fruit, pineapple, toast Medium acidity, medium+ finish. I expect upside with more time
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Planeta Chardonnay always has a lovely salinity to it that gives the acidly note extra length. Grilled pineapple, toasted almonds, lemon rind with a long leesy finish. Perfect for seafood with risotto, but was delightful with my cheese plate and olives.
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Belle couleur dorée. Nez explosif de Chardo! Fruits tropicaux, belle vanille du boisé, ananas, poire? Excellent, fruit++, belle balance, belle longueur, acidité rafraichissante sans distraire. Un top! ----- Nice golden colour. Explosive Chardonnay nose. Tropical fruit, vanilla, pineapple, pear? Excellent, loads of fruit with good balance and length. Refreshing acidity that does not distract. Loved it!
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This is a nice and fun wine. Great minerality. Nice mouthfeel and you definitely get the feeling of Sicily. Would be a good match with Sushi or Oysters.
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California-like Sicilian Chardonnay 2018 Planeta Chardonnay Menfi DOC, $43 (in blind tasting of 8 Italian whites, one ringer; 18 panelists; 1st place by a big margin). Darkest gold; oak, vanilla, nutty, wine lees nose; soft acids; fat; long unctuous oaky finish. 16.5 UC Davis scale; 91 other scales.
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Great Chardonnay here, one of my favorite Chardonnays from around the world. This has some gentle minerality in the nose and taste, along with balanced fruit and what feels like modest oak. The mouthfeel is crisp, more like a Puligny Montrachet than a buttery California chardonnay. This wine goes well with practically any food you can imagine drinking white with, but I’ve found it goes extraordinarily well with seafood. I highly recommend it.
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Buttery honey and briochey nose. Oily palate, peach, melon and pinapple. Vanilla, creamy finish. This is definitely the uncool, over-oaked style of Chardonnay that my parents warned me about in the 90s (they used to say "ABC - anything but Chardonnay!") but is actually fine and perfectly pleasant and drinkable with the matching food.
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In het glas helder goudgeel, medium intens. In de neus boter, honing, toast, jong hout. Malo made the wine, zeg maar. In de mond citrus, vanille, grapefruit. De zuren medium plus. Fijne balans, dit is een wijn die klopt. De vergelijking met Bourgogne snap ik maar vind ik misplaatst. Dit is knappe wijn in een warm klimaat. Zoveel frisheid in een wijn die ook duidelijk profiteert van de malo is absolute kunde. Aanbevolen!
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A very good citrus and melon infused Chard with balanced oak and lees. Acidity is lively and zesty but pleasant. Quality stuff here. Drink now and for the next 5 years.
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- Yellow brown color - Lukter nydelig, ananas,kokos smr. Smaken faller litt igjennom. Mangler syre og har et alkoholstikk. Gar greit nar den er bra kald
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We've entered Sicily, the last of our twenty-region, north to south, tasting tour of Italy. This Planeta Chardonnay is not what I would expect from the land of Mt. Etna, volcanic soil, fresh seafood and the salty air of an island bordered on all sides by the Mediterranean. This is a wine one would hope to export to the United States and stand in parity bottle to bottle with countless other California chardonnays. Too bad. Having overdosed on orange wines during this tour, I would have liked to have finished our selection of whites with something bright, crisp and lemony.
Over oaked and sweet. Honey. A bit of Pineapple -- no, Sicily is not in the South Pacific. A finish that reflects its 14% alcohol. That's about all I have to say.
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Bella Italia (Mövenpick retail store, Hamburg): One glass, brief note: very oaky at the moment, so there are nuts in the foreground, some citrus, but really dominated by the oak treatment, wait or serve with a very decent decant and food, (***-?)
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2/17/2024 - ThijsV wrote: 88 Points
The expected upside based on last bottle has not materialized, I even found this bottle a bit too advanced.
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8/29/2022 - olalar wrote: 92 Points
Oak has integrated well. Superb Chardonnay with intriguing dried fruit character.
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7/23/2022 - bbq_grandcru Likes this wine: 92 Points
Nice acidity and fruit balance. Fruit is bold.
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5/26/2022 - KSWinegeek wrote: 91 Points
Deep yellow in color Good flavors.
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5/5/2022 - shafer1994 Likes this wine: 91 Points
Deep yellow color. Fresh nose of pineapple and lemon. Medium body. Mild acidity in the finish, some notes of roasted almond. Can go for some more years. Nice and fresh.
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4/16/2022 - ThijsV Likes this wine: 90 Points
Clearly has seen some woord, that has not fully integrated yet. Clear, fresh, ripe fruit, saffron, tropical fruit, pineapple, toast
Medium acidity, medium+ finish. I expect upside with more time
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11/14/2021 - AlphaMikeFoxtrot wrote: 88 Points
Lemon cream pie. Rope yellow peace hes, ripe nectarines. Vanilla from the oak. Warm climate Chardonnay here, and it shows.
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11/11/2021 - Ornellaia64 Likes this wine:
Wonerful, nice aromas of fruit
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5/24/2021 - RiservaD Likes this wine: 91 Points
Planeta Chardonnay always has a lovely salinity to it that gives the acidly note extra length. Grilled pineapple, toasted almonds, lemon rind with a long leesy finish. Perfect for seafood with risotto, but was delightful with my cheese plate and olives.
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5/7/2021 - Mameitagin wrote: 88 Points
I agree with DAVIDSM. Really a good match with Sushi👍
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4/17/2021 - Le croque bouchon wrote: 91 Points
Belle couleur dorée. Nez explosif de Chardo! Fruits tropicaux, belle vanille du boisé, ananas, poire?
Excellent, fruit++, belle balance, belle longueur, acidité rafraichissante sans distraire. Un top!
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Nice golden colour. Explosive Chardonnay nose. Tropical fruit, vanilla, pineapple, pear? Excellent, loads of fruit with good balance and length. Refreshing acidity that does not distract. Loved it!
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4/9/2021 - Sarah02 Likes this wine: 87 Points
Understood why it is popular
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2/24/2021 - davidsm Likes this wine: 91 Points
This is a nice and fun wine. Great minerality. Nice mouthfeel and you definitely get the feeling of Sicily. Would be a good match with Sushi or Oysters.
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2/18/2021 - Filippo Likes this wine: 91 Points
Always a safe bet!!
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1/20/2021 - sdwineguru Likes this wine: 91 Points
California-like Sicilian Chardonnay 2018 Planeta Chardonnay Menfi DOC, $43 (in blind tasting of 8 Italian whites, one ringer; 18 panelists; 1st place by a big margin). Darkest gold; oak, vanilla, nutty, wine lees nose; soft acids; fat; long unctuous oaky finish. 16.5 UC Davis scale; 91 other scales.
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12/11/2020 - sorasongy wrote: 89 Points
오키함이 넘치고 다양한 향이 풍부한, 입에 닿는 느낌도 약간 기름짐. 처음은 맛있었으나 마실수록 약간 과하다 느껴짐.
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11/24/2020 - bbq_grandcru Likes this wine: 94 Points
Great Chardonnay here, one of my favorite Chardonnays from around the world. This has some gentle minerality in the nose and taste, along with balanced fruit and what feels like modest oak. The mouthfeel is crisp, more like a Puligny Montrachet than a buttery California chardonnay. This wine goes well with practically any food you can imagine drinking white with, but I’ve found it goes extraordinarily well with seafood. I highly recommend it.
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11/12/2020 - Weinberg Falls wrote: 88 Points
Buttery honey and briochey nose. Oily palate, peach, melon and pinapple. Vanilla, creamy finish. This is definitely the uncool, over-oaked style of Chardonnay that my parents warned me about in the 90s (they used to say "ABC - anything but Chardonnay!") but is actually fine and perfectly pleasant and drinkable with the matching food.
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11/10/2020 - MichelNL wrote:
In het glas helder goudgeel, medium intens. In de neus boter, honing, toast, jong hout. Malo made the wine, zeg maar. In de mond citrus, vanille, grapefruit. De zuren medium plus. Fijne balans, dit is een wijn die klopt. De vergelijking met Bourgogne snap ik maar vind ik misplaatst. Dit is knappe wijn in een warm klimaat. Zoveel frisheid in een wijn die ook duidelijk profiteert van de malo is absolute kunde. Aanbevolen!
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9/28/2020 - IvanLi Likes this wine: 92 Points
A very good citrus and melon infused Chard with balanced oak and lees. Acidity is lively and zesty but pleasant. Quality stuff here.
Drink now and for the next 5 years.
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8/15/2020 - jan erik wrote: 87 Points
- Yellow brown color - Lukter nydelig, ananas,kokos smr. Smaken faller litt igjennom. Mangler syre og har et alkoholstikk. Gar greit nar den er bra kald
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5/31/2020 - pepmi wrote: 86 Points
We've entered Sicily, the last of our twenty-region, north to south, tasting tour of Italy. This Planeta Chardonnay is not what I would expect from the land of Mt. Etna, volcanic soil, fresh seafood and the salty air of an island bordered on all sides by the Mediterranean. This is a wine one would hope to export to the United States and stand in parity bottle to bottle with countless other California chardonnays. Too bad. Having overdosed on orange wines during this tour, I would have liked to have finished our selection of whites with something bright, crisp and lemony.
Over oaked and sweet. Honey. A bit of Pineapple -- no, Sicily is not in the South Pacific. A finish that reflects its 14% alcohol. That's about all I have to say.
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5/16/2020 - aquinones wrote: 90 Points
Light golden wine with aromas of cantaloupe, apple, and citrus. On the palate an oily texture with toast. Zesty and mineral finish.
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5/8/2020 - Tomlask Likes this wine: 80 Points
Oaky and reassuring, the typical smooth chardonnay which is always a classic (interpretation).
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2/10/2020 - olalar wrote: 91 Points
Concentrated and zesty. Oak a bit too much at the front but not overwhelming. Wait 2-3 years.
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9/26/2019 - fc1910 wrote:
Bella Italia (Mövenpick retail store, Hamburg): One glass, brief note: very oaky at the moment, so there are nuts in the foreground, some citrus, but really dominated by the oak treatment, wait or serve with a very decent decant and food, (***-?)
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