This wine is drinking as well I would expect for a 12 year old constructed chardonnay. It has a lot of depth. Nice viscosity on the tongue. It paired well with chicken picatta and mashed potatoes. The lemon of the dish was complementary. Yellow-honey color and served at 50 degrees made a nice experience. I did not find it too oaky but I got those forward vanilla notes others have noted and then some pear and pineapple notes. Still perfectly balanced at this juncture without any flatness. It still has adequate acidity if you wanted to cellar longer, but would not go to much longer. I have one bottle left. Should have bought more. Actually a gift
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Pop and pour - consistent with previous tasting notes, and delicious from start to finish. If this bottle is indicative, no need to rush to open; this has plenty of life left.
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Golden yellow. A little too heavily oaked when cold and or chilled, better balance and flavor as it came to cellar temperature. Off bottle ? Golden Delicious Apple, but still too much oak and vanilla in this bottle.
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Out of magnum. Huge wine and too oaky. Vanilla bomb. Had a short window of "pleasantness" but as it got air, it burned up. I don't think I'd buy another one of these. Not my jam.
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1/5/2020 - JAKE1 Likes this wine: 92 Points
This wine is drinking as well I would expect for a 12 year old constructed chardonnay. It has a lot of depth. Nice viscosity on the tongue. It paired well with chicken picatta and mashed potatoes. The lemon of the dish was complementary. Yellow-honey color and served at 50 degrees made a nice experience. I did not find it too oaky but I got those forward vanilla notes others have noted and then some pear and pineapple notes. Still perfectly balanced at this juncture without any flatness. It still has adequate acidity if you wanted to cellar longer, but would not go to much longer. I have one bottle left. Should have bought more. Actually a gift
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5/11/2019 - jshufelt wrote: 93 Points
Pop and pour - consistent with previous tasting notes, and delicious from start to finish. If this bottle is indicative, no need to rush to open; this has plenty of life left.
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8/5/2017 - andrewdodd86 wrote: flawed
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2/16/2017 - rustyRudy wrote: 90 Points
Golden yellow. A little too heavily oaked when cold and or chilled, better balance and flavor as it came to cellar temperature. Off bottle ?
Golden Delicious Apple, but still too much oak and vanilla in this bottle.
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9/15/2016 - dkstar1 wrote:
Out of magnum. Huge wine and too oaky. Vanilla bomb. Had a short window of "pleasantness" but as it got air, it burned up. I don't think I'd buy another one of these. Not my jam.
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