Clear, pale straw color. Vibrant. Fresh, clean nose of lemon zest and wet stone. Good long dry Chablis-like mouthful, again citrussy with good acid backbone. Very good, untinkered with Chardonnay. Excellent with oysters.
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OC Fratello Offline--Stainless Chards And Petite Sirahs (Fratello's Laguna Niguel): Smoky nose, kind of a malty note, with zing of pear and green apple. Note--I added a duplicate bottle of this wine to the same blind line up and I found bottle #2 to be truer to what I would gather from the Inox, especially in a more balanced vintage like 2007: river rock, citrus and slate. Clean, pure and my notes have an underlined notation of 'delicious'. Clearly for me the second bottle in the lineup was better than the first....bottle variation? Anyway, one of my Top 3 of the chard flight.
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Very pale straw in the glass. On the nose strong minerality, stony (flint? chalk?), a little bit of hard candy lemon (but not sweet), and some pear, but really dominated by the minerality. The lemon comes out on the palate with more minerality on the longish finish. Has a carbonated sensation to it. Very, very good.
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As with past vintages, pretty consistent showing again with the 2007. More grapefruit like acidity this time, along with the standard lemon lime and a laser-like finish, flush with minerals. In enjoying the wine with dinner, also noticed a sea air feshness to the bouquet. Also, like with the 2007 Diatom Clos Pepe, a stony finish. Crisp and pure.
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10/26/2013 - gr8claret Likes this wine: 90 Points
Clear, pale straw color. Vibrant. Fresh, clean nose of lemon zest and wet stone. Good long dry Chablis-like mouthful, again citrussy with good acid backbone. Very good, untinkered with Chardonnay. Excellent with oysters.
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5/30/2009 - WetRock wrote:
Blind Unoaked Chardonnay and Petit Sirahs (Fratello's, Laguna Niguel, CA): Served blind. Nose doesn't give up much. Palate is crunchy, clean and balanced with strong lemon qualities. Picks up a bit of cat pee later on.
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5/30/2009 - WetRock wrote:
Blind Unoaked Chardonnay and Petit Sirahs (Fratello's, Laguna Niguel, CA): Served blind. Mineral and pineapple nose. Clean and light palate that is refreshing. One of my favs on the day.
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5/30/2009 - Frank Murray III wrote:
OC Fratello Offline--Stainless Chards And Petite Sirahs (Fratello's Laguna Niguel): Smoky nose, kind of a malty note, with zing of pear and green apple.
Note--I added a duplicate bottle of this wine to the same blind line up and I found bottle #2 to be truer to what I would gather from the Inox, especially in a more balanced vintage like 2007: river rock, citrus and slate. Clean, pure and my notes have an underlined notation of 'delicious'. Clearly for me the second bottle in the lineup was better than the first....bottle variation? Anyway, one of my Top 3 of the chard flight.
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2/5/2009 - chitowncdpguy wrote:
Very pale straw in the glass. On the nose strong minerality, stony (flint? chalk?), a little bit of hard candy lemon (but not sweet), and some pear, but really dominated by the minerality. The lemon comes out on the palate with more minerality on the longish finish. Has a carbonated sensation to it. Very, very good.
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10/12/2008 - Frank Murray III wrote:
As with past vintages, pretty consistent showing again with the 2007. More grapefruit like acidity this time, along with the standard lemon lime and a laser-like finish, flush with minerals. In enjoying the wine with dinner, also noticed a sea air feshness to the bouquet. Also, like with the 2007 Diatom Clos Pepe, a stony finish. Crisp and pure.
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6/22/2008 - yovinny wrote: 89 Points
Fruit forward. Spritzy mouthfeel mid-palate. One dimensional.
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