2015 Williams Selyem Chardonnay Lewis MacGregor Estate Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (21) Avg Score: 91.4 points

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  2/15/2024 - swoop71 Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Light straw in color with excellent clarity. Good acidity throughout with hints of tropical fruit and citrus flavors. Medium to long finish for a somewhat unoaked chardonnay.

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  7/4/2023 - Sheldog Likes this wine: 90 Points

  This wine really changed as warmed up some after taking it out of the wine chiller. The wine was a pale straw color. At first there wasn’t much nose or character. But after waiting a few minutes it came alive. Some banana and roasted marshmallows came to light on the nose which was very unique. A definite presence of toasted oak on the palate but lacks signs of malolactic fermentation other that a viscous mouthfeel.
  
  Overall, this isn’t my favorite WS Chardonnay. But perhaps the vintage had something to do with that. 2015 isn’t a favorite of mine for grapes from Northern California.

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  3/8/2021 - Stumpy wrote: 93 Points

  Vibrant chard with bright fruit and a snappy mouthfeel. Best WS chard I have had in years!

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  12/19/2020 - peternelson wrote: 91 Points

  Coravinned a glass tonight; aromatic tropical notes, mango, pineapple, coconut, with some nice ripe orchard fruit notes of peach apple, but a bit too ripe and fruity with a good dose of fine french oak, but maybe too much; alcohol is a bit high as well, just seemed too fruit driven which I'm not a fan of. On the other hand there is good cut, nice balance, some good underlying mineral notes that might make me think of a ripe Macon. Medium+ bdy, decent finish. I think either I'm just not a fan of WS chards, or it could need another 5 years which I think this could def handle. I bit disappointed. I'll try the rest tomorrow and see if it settled down a bit, and find out what the oak treatment is on this. 89
  
  Next day: the fluffy fruitiness blew off and this showed much better, more mineral, pit fruits, still a touch of oak, nice balanced body with fairly high acidity. Really nice with Ramen tonight! Definitely let this breathe if you're going to pop it. 91

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  10/4/2020 - krhaugh Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Beautiful Chardonnay.

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