2005 Linden Chardonnay Avenius

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  9/24/2009 - timewithwine wrote:

  At long last, this has come around. The pale golden-lemon color that has marked this wine before as having some depth and complexity, now correctly foretells the pleasures in the glass. The nose is expansive with crisp apple, baked apple pie, yeast, mineral, toast, cream and butter. The profile follows the nose to a tee, but with a full round mouthfeel. Unfortunately, the finish is a bit short. The wine is excellent with the shrimp and squash over linguine in a white wine & butter sauce, and particularly splendid with the squash itself. 12.8% alc. Recommended.

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  6/21/2009 - timewithwine wrote:

  Sold to TSTM for Garrison welcome party

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  3/26/2009 - timewithwine wrote:

  Light yellow in color with the look of sunshine. Toast, lemon, citrus, butter, mineral and maybe a hint of hazelnut all come forward on the nose and carry over to the palate. The pleasure is downhill from here. I don’t know what it is about this wine, but the mid-palate and finish don’t exist. The mouthfeel is light - much lighter than I can recall. It lacks depth or complexity. Not a lot of “there” there. 12.8% alc. With ravioli in browned butter sauce. Not able to identify what is going on with this wine, but Recommended with reservations.

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  1/8/2009 - timewithwine wrote:

  Sunlight captured in a bottle best describes the color. It’s a beauty in the glass. The nose and palate are a combination of apple and lemon-butter, buttered toast, tropical fruits, maybe something fig-like, and an unfortunate alcoholic burn on the finish. This is a wine that is bigger on the attack then fades to a mid-palate that just cannot cling on long enough as the butter rolls over the fingers to break its grip. Not a bad wine, but not a memorable wine. 12.8% alc. With baked salmon two tomato pesto cream over tomato basil linguine (pasta); a pretty good pairing and a killer dish (but the salmon isn’t necessary to it. One of DDB’s recipes. Recommended.

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  11/28/2008 - kmack wrote:

  Pale color. Crisp with citrus. apple, and a bit of spice. A liitle more oak than I remembered. Almost burgundian in profile.

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