2016 Dierberg Chardonnay Dierberg Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (11) Avg Score: 89.5 points

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  4/23/2022 - BannerZ wrote: 88 Points

  Golden on the pour, first strong taste of stone fruit with light acidic and citrus finished which was suprising based on the hue in glass. Good but not great.

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  3/4/2022 - Kcornett Likes this wine: 89 Points

  A lot of lemon out of the bottle mellowed after a couple hours to land at a more balanced, lower acidity.

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  9/27/2021 - BrendanNeary Likes this wine: 86 Points

  This is a very Burgundian style wine! Beautiful medium gold color. The nose is showing signs of development and even a Chablis aging note of cheese rind, yogurt and hints of lemon/tangerine/celery. On the palate, the acid is going strong and is very lemony, along with some unripe kiwi, grapefruit notes. Nice medium+ finish. In short, if you are looking for a California style Chardonnay reset you expectations. In fact the lower ABV of 13.2% should give away that this is definitely going to be a higher acid wine. Nevertheless I’m certainly not seeing those traditional Cali notes of vanilla, pineapple, butter or oak.

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  9/22/2021 - BHRH Likes this wine: 88 Points

  Similar to 4/25/2021 TN, but fruit is slightly fading, with a bit more acidity. Fine if you like that style, but for a Cali Chard it seems to be getting a bit out of balance. Recommend you drink up!

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  4/25/2021 - BHRH Likes this wine: 89 Points

  Similar to previous TNs, but noticeably lighter bodied and diminished vanillin. Perhaps a slightly shorter finish. Some acid still there, but believe this had reached peak and may be even on a slight downward trajectory.

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