2008 Diatom Chardonnay Babcock Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (13) Avg Score: 92.3 points

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  7/24/2015 - alphabiotics wrote: 95 Points

  Truly outstanding. I have been enjoying this wine for several years now, and admit to opening it with a little reservation being that it is 2015 and an 08 wine. Stunning! Drinking beautifully .

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  4/5/2013 - Ramberg wrote: 85 Points

  Not my type of Chardonnay.
  Did not even find the Chardonnay in this. (had this blind)
  Started out with Riesling characters, petroleum, wet cardboard box etc.
  Then turned synthetic.
  Dry and oily.
  Very short finish, with bitterness.
  Over done/over extracted and alcohol hot.
  15,5% ABV.
  Still, fun to taste this "Burgundy wannabe", but no trace, anywhere, of Burgundy.

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  2/27/2013 - MWiking Likes this wine: 93 Points

  I had high expectations on this wine. Have read about it many times but nevere tried it. Maybe it would get a few more points with a little bit of Oak in it. Just a little bit. Then it would be perfect for me. Well well, my notes are below.
  
  The wine is Light gold colored.
  It have a nose of Mineral, Peach, and Pear and on the palette Grey Pear, Peach, Apricot, Pineapple, Mineral, Black Pepper, Orange Blossom, and a hint of Alcohol.
  It has a long finsh that never seems to end.
  
  I think it can be even better and maybe it can reach for a 95-96p in a few years.

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  1/11/2013 - Christoffer78 Likes this wine: 95 Points

  An absolutely brilliant wine which is beautifully condensed and almost voluptuous but still down to earth. The wine has an incredible viscosity and pours like gold from the bottle.The nose offers a massive Chardonnay "attack" of creamy Colza flowers, deep profound minerals and a complexity which is very hard to describe. The palate lives up to the expectations from the nose with an elegant full-bodied approach and a length on the finish which just goes on and on. Normally I refrain from commenting on alcohol percent, but in this particular case it is amazing that there is no trace of the close to 16 percent. This is without doubt a super wine from one of the highly skilled winemakers in the world. Bravo! (Should be drunk now or next year - if you happen to have any bottles left.)

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  5/23/2012 - NNV wrote: 89 Points

  Nice bottle of CA chardonnay. Enjoyed the fact that it did not see any oak so the acids were a bit higher and the fruit came through well. Tart flavors. Good mouth feel. Obvious it is well made wine. Decent value at the $50 price point. I'll drink what I have left but would not buy more.

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