2012 Franciscan Estate Chardonnay Cuvée Sauvage

Community Tasting Notes (6) Avg Score: 89.3 points

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  3/12/2017 - Parnelli wrote: 88 Points

  Not as good as I remembered from the tasting a year ago. Straw color with green and yellow apple on the nose and palate. It went well with the crab legs and jasmine rice, but seemed muted in the mouth.

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  9/16/2016 - Nojomoschwa wrote: 89 Points

  Classic Napa Chardonnay. If you find it in under $20 (mine was $18.50), it's not a bad buy. Pretty rich style but not totally ridiculous. Glad to have tried it, as had never had one of their wines before, but not so compelling for me.

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  7/5/2015 - isaacjamesbaker wrote: 89 Points

  Blind California Whites: Bright gold color. Great combination of bright lime, green apple and wildflowers with richer elements of bruised yellow apple, pineapple cake and toasted bread. Juicy but bold texture, medium acid. I get lots of yellow apple, apricot and yellow pear, a bit of lime juice mixed in. Lots of honey butter, toasted almond, hints of vanilla, spiced applesauce, this is quite oaky yet it maintains nuance and cleanliness throughout. Complex and attractive in spite, but also because of, it’s bold approach. Aged 14 months in 94% new French oak.

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  5/28/2015 - thelostverse wrote: 88 Points

  Wine dinner at Boulder. Nice lemon oil notes, but I could not get past the oak. This is just a style that I have gone away from.

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  1/9/2015 - jeffal66 Likes this wine: 91 Points

  I like the edge on this wine. Good acid, real fruit, low key oak, a tab of butter, excellent length. Not a lazy Chard by a stretch. Good value in PA for $20. Similar to my last bottle but I'm not getting the alcohol heat.

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