2016 Goodfellow Family Cellars Chardonnay Willamette Valley

Community Tasting Notes (10) Avg Score: 90.6 points

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  2/14/2021 - wlsch Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Lemon, apple, honey, mineral, flint, a little toast from oak. Medium acid, terrific balance of fruit, minerality, and acid. True to the house style and a phenomenal value. My only bottle of this vintage, but a testament to how amazing the Goodfellow chards can be. Can go a few more years, but no need to wait.

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  9/10/2020 - Seanwsmithm3 wrote:

  See previous notes. A benchmark wine for me. Someone show me a better $20 chardonnay

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  5/12/2020 - Oregonnative Likes this wine: 93 Points

  This wine is singing! So much energy, surprising depth. Nose of lemon, floral and honey. Palate yellow apple, honey and lemon/lime finishes. The acid playfully dances around. Wine fills the palate and long on the finish. Paired well with panko cod. Marcus brings an energy to wines that I always look forward to and is especially refreshing in a hot vintage like ‘16. DIAM 3 cork, but this has many yrs left and should be in this window for awhile. Crazy QPR. No chance of a day two note. 93+.

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  3/5/2020 - randyjc wrote: 91 Points

  This wine’s appeal increased as it was open. Drank at cellar temp (52) and at first it had subtly pretty aromatics but a bit of hollowness on the mid-palate. After 30 minutes in the glass, though, that filled in and this was a very pretty wine - white tree fruit nose, crisp but not overly acidic or citrus flavor palate. The wine has an appealing elegance - no clunky oak or distracting vanilla. Nice wine at a nice price point.

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  2/23/2019 - coremill wrote: 85 Points

  Rather green: a hint of mint up front, then lime and green apple, with a crispy texture and just a bit of creaminess on the back end. This is decidedly lean and underripe, without any real complexity to go with it. I still like this better than the rich, oaky sweet style of domestic Chardonnay, but it probably goes too far in the other direction.

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