Monthly Tasting Group HWS #107; Oregon and Washington (By MO): In the bouquet ripe yellow fruits, candy flavors and a bit stinky. On the palate a full bodied wine, a bit fat, with butter candy, ripe yellow fruits, vanilla, a touch of sweetness and also medium acidity. The wine has some length. The European palates around the table thought the oak was dominating the wine too much. I hold the middle so I don’t score the wine extremely low.
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Light golden. Citrus, tropical fruit and butterscotch nose. Some tropical fruit with a heavy buttery oak component. This is in my view the opposite of a light, crisp, fresh chardonnay. That is not a bad thing, just a different style. There is some lingering heat which makes this feel like it has even more alcohol than the listed 13.5%. Would go well with shellfish or maybe a risotto dish.
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3/9/2016 - Zweder wrote: 87 Points
Monthly Tasting Group HWS #107; Oregon and Washington (By MO): In the bouquet ripe yellow fruits, candy flavors and a bit stinky. On the palate a full bodied wine, a bit fat, with butter candy, ripe yellow fruits, vanilla, a touch of sweetness and also medium acidity. The wine has some length. The European palates around the table thought the oak was dominating the wine too much. I hold the middle so I don’t score the wine extremely low.
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6/2/2015 - socalwinenerd Does not like this wine: 87 Points
Light golden. Citrus, tropical fruit and butterscotch nose. Some tropical fruit with a heavy buttery oak component. This is in my view the opposite of a light, crisp, fresh chardonnay. That is not a bad thing, just a different style. There is some lingering heat which makes this feel like it has even more alcohol than the listed 13.5%. Would go well with shellfish or maybe a risotto dish.
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1/30/2014 - jlhkiss Likes this wine: 89 Points
Very creamy but enough acidity on the finish to balance out.
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