2017 Black Kite Chardonnay Gap's Crown Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (2) Avg Score: 94 points

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  1/26/2021 - pkouchu wrote: 94 Points

  lemon, vanilla, yellow pear baking spice, pineapple, caramel, honey florals, and river stone. Slightly reductive, the palate is rich, lots of ripe tropical fruits with good weight. Transitions into a creamy mid palate with lingering spice, and medium acidity. Full bodied and has a rather long finish.
  
  Classic bigger Cali Chard

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  4/7/2020 - isaacjamesbaker wrote: 93 Points

  Black Kite Chardonnay: Deep yellow color. Aromas of honey, ginger, with lemon zest, meringue, orange peel, apricot, sea salt, dandelion – all sorts of awesome things going on, here. Medium-bodied on the palate with a crisp, nervy, racy aesthetic that hits target. Plush apricot, lemon curd, orange peel and kiwi, delicious fruit, mixed with complex stony, mountain stream, mineral and limestone. Deep but brisk, ageworthy but open for business. This wine leaves me salivating. So, so good. Aged 16 months in 1/3 new French oak.

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