2016 Goodfellow Family Cellars Chardonnay Richard's Cuvee Whistling Ridge Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (30) Avg Score: 91.4 points

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  2/13/2024 - cyc wrote: 91 Points

  A bit softer and less acidic than expected, but still brilliant in its lightness and minerality. It will be interesting to follow how this wine continues to age over the coming years.

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  8/26/2023 - DrBad Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Minerality, acidity, crisp, multi-dimensional, stone fruit, yes, matchstick. I try and try other Chardonnays and often lose interest but almost never with Marcus's and especially the Richard's. Excellent.

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  6/21/2023 - cct wrote: 93 Points

  6/20/23
  Pop and pour. Drunk over two nights.
  Flinty on the nose with jasmine, chalk, lemon curd and citrus pith. Midweighted and finely detailed with a degree of intensity without weight. Lithe and graceful yet deep. A lovely understated wine that is still holding a little tight to the vest. Quite long
  
  Day 2 this has gained a little depth, has more of a sense of minerality, with asian pear adding to the previous citrus dominated fruit notes. It's toothsome and intense yet with a sense of softness and grace. Finishes long yet simultaneously mouthwateringly fresh. Lovely

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  11/14/2022 - td1836 Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Lime, reductive notes, light weight but lively acidity. More lemon and sea shell on the palate. Marcus’ Chardonnay is always superb.

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  2/22/2022 - cct wrote: 92 Points

  Little reductive on opening with stone, citrus pith, lemon curd, and jasmine. It's pretty tight on day one and opens up overnight. It's light to mid weighted, fresh and lithe yet detailed and deep.That said there is quiet intensity and substance here. More lemon pith, florals, and stone on the palate. This is a soil, floral, and acid driven wine with a gossamer texture conveying intensity without weight. I will hold my remaining bottles for a couple years and revisit. 92++

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