Dinner at Osteria Langhe (Chicago, IL): Served double blind. Got the chardonnay part of this pretty quickly, but from where? I ended up guessing South Africa, for no good reason, really. This is quite waxy, but it doesn't feel particularly greasy, thanks to quite a bit of acidity on this wine. This also seems to have been made in a bit of an oxidative style, so there's a slight sherry note to it. Lots of coconutty oak as well. I wasn't really convinced by this wine.
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Toasty oak aroma with heavy vanilla tones, some dried apple and clove. Seemed lightly oxidized. The oak was not very well integrated into the wine. Drinking ok for now and probably won't last much longer. Have with food!
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2/28/2017 - acyso wrote: 83 Points
Dinner at Osteria Langhe (Chicago, IL): Served double blind. Got the chardonnay part of this pretty quickly, but from where? I ended up guessing South Africa, for no good reason, really. This is quite waxy, but it doesn't feel particularly greasy, thanks to quite a bit of acidity on this wine. This also seems to have been made in a bit of an oxidative style, so there's a slight sherry note to it. Lots of coconutty oak as well. I wasn't really convinced by this wine.
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8/20/2016 - CellarGiant wrote: 85 Points
Toasty oak aroma with heavy vanilla tones, some dried apple and clove. Seemed lightly oxidized. The oak was not very well integrated into the wine. Drinking ok for now and probably won't last much longer. Have with food!
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9/11/2015 - Zorg wrote: 79 Points
Smelled vitamin C tablet and tasted mostly oak with a slightly bitter aftertaste. No thanks!
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