2013 Bodega Catena Zapata Chardonnay White Stones Adrianna Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (5) Avg Score: 91.4 points

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  2/2/2020 - Sonoffalstaff wrote:

  See Argraths detailed note below for details. Not much to add other than I really like it. Well up there with Leflaive eat al of Puligny fame. Try Giaconda and Bartinney (RSA) for similar great Chardonnay

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  10/11/2018 - Argrath wrote: 92 Points

  (Blind tasting)
  Full, spicy and exotic nose. Vermouth-spices. Nutmeg, wormwood, musk, resin, cinnamon and white flowers upfront. Deep behind some oak, honeydew and yellow orchard fruit. Waxy. Complex and idiosyncratic.
  Full, fat palate. Intense spiciness. Same Vermouth-like spice as on the nose. When you overcome that you can also feel the wine has malo-notes and buttery oak combined with honeydew and tropical fruit. Medium (+) acidity gives lift and freshness. Long and harmonius.
  Is this wine too idiosyncratic? Our first experience with this wine and I will never miss it in future blindtastings. One of a kind. Is it good? Of course quality is there, but we were hard put to even recognize chardonnay... An educating experience and I have yet to decide if I like it or not.

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  1/23/2018 - Alberta66 wrote: 92 Points

  A nose of savoury mint (ie not the sweet kind) and rosemary bark. I know, pretentious, but really grab some fresh rosemary, pull the leaves off and smell separately (greener, fresher) compared to their stalk, which is more savoury & woody.
  A nice finish, balanced. I’d happily drink this with a winter lunch of roast chicken & vegetables.

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  9/26/2017 - viniferatu Likes this wine:

  Very floral and herbal bouquet. Lemon, lime, apricot, peach. A touch of cereal and toast. Amazing cut and drive of acid is nicely offset by intense fruit. Just a little less intense than it's sibling, White Bones, but so close in so many qualities. Amazing stuff. Second time tasted this year.

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  3/14/2017 - Mascarello59 Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Stoney terroir, mineral, fine citrus notes and that mint that seems so distinctive for this wine. Nice fruit core, fresh but not sharp acidity, slightly bitter end but a slightly detracting too intense impression of alcohol on the finish.

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