Lemon, lemon pith, acacia, all very well balanced … but hiding beneath the reduced matchstick and gunflint nose that, as others have said, carries onto the palate.
From Coravin, so wonder if it would benefit from a decant, or more age. Clearly a well made wine, and WS may be my current favorite American chard producer.
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This was good, very good. That said though it didn't really exceed my expectations like the Freedom Hill did. Probably because my expectations were high based on all the recent reviews/hype etc around the WS chardonnays. Don't get me wrong this is very pure, perfectly balanced, and has lovely intensity and it was lovely. For some reason though I thought it might have one more gear. Guess we will see with some more time.
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The nose shows mint, butter, cream, green and yellow apples, baking spice, and seashell. The palate is acid-driven, showing much less oak than the nose, almost sharp but offset by the rich weight of minerally material. The creamy fruit reappears on the lengthy finish. This has very good components but hasn’t yet fully integrated. Give it time.
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Lemon and super reduced gunflint/matchstick..Like sucking on a stone. 13% alc. Good stuff, but I think it needs some time to settle down. Will again in a couple years. 91-93 range for me today.
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12/28/2023 - Palisades57 wrote: 92 Points
Lemon, lemon pith, acacia, all very well balanced … but hiding beneath the reduced matchstick and gunflint nose that, as others have said, carries onto the palate.
From Coravin, so wonder if it would benefit from a decant, or more age. Clearly a well made wine, and WS may be my current favorite American chard producer.
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12/3/2023 - jnewman77 Likes this wine:
This was good, very good. That said though it didn't really exceed my expectations like the Freedom Hill did. Probably because my expectations were high based on all the recent reviews/hype etc around the WS chardonnays. Don't get me wrong this is very pure, perfectly balanced, and has lovely intensity and it was lovely. For some reason though I thought it might have one more gear. Guess we will see with some more time.
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7/14/2023 - tooch wrote: 92 Points
Really nice, focused chardonnay. Had the classic Walter Scott body to it with nice matchstick aromas and flavors and a zesty, zippy citrus body.
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12/20/2022 - coremill wrote: 90 Points
The nose shows mint, butter, cream, green and yellow apples, baking spice, and seashell. The palate is acid-driven, showing much less oak than the nose, almost sharp but offset by the rich weight of minerally material. The creamy fruit reappears on the lengthy finish. This has very good components but hasn’t yet fully integrated. Give it time.
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11/19/2022 - Pinot_Geek Likes this wine:
Lemon and super reduced gunflint/matchstick..Like sucking on a stone. 13% alc.
Good stuff, but I think it needs some time to settle down.
Will again in a couple years. 91-93 range for me today.
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