2000 Morgan Chardonnay Monterey

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  9/27/2022 - forceberry wrote: flawed

  The European importer's label says the wine is 13,5%, the original back label says just 13%.
  
  Pale-to-medium-deep amber color. The nose is, simply put, horribly oxidized. A miasma of oxidized reek not just wafts out of the glass but jumps at you with dull odors of rancid nuts, something perhaps dead, a little bit of mushroomy funk, light grainy notes of stale bread and a hint of rotting wood. I've had tons of both oxidative and oxidized wines that have been light-years away from this kind of malodorous monstrosity. The wine is fat and moderately full-bodied on the palate with dull, very unpleasant and fully oxidized flavors of damp porcini mushrooms, some rancid nutty tones, a little bit of grainy malt, light nuances of stale bread and a hint of wet paper. The wine is moderately high in acidity. The finish is extremely long with horribly stale flavors of rancid nuts, grainy malt and rye bread.
  
  This has completely fallen apart. The wine is so dead that it must've been past its peak already 10 years ago. Avoid at all costs. 22,40€ down the drain.

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  7/21/2002 - timewithwine wrote:

  Sunday, July 21, 2002 A forgetable chardonnay. Vanilla and oak flavors with some fruit. Not much however. Short bland finish. Just not much anywhere in the wine. With pan seared 3 seed crusted ahi.
  Saturday, August 31, 2002 I just cannot take the oak in this wine. Butterscotch, oak and more oak. Decided to use the last third of the bottle for vinegar.

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