2009 Left Foot Charley Pinot Blanc Island View Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (5) Avg Score: 88.3 points

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  8/9/2011 - Wine Sparty wrote: 92 Points

  Drank with deep dish pizza, and while doing some work around the house - nice and refreshing on a warm summer night. Aroma of green apple. Taste has lychee and green apple flavors - not too sweet. This is one of the better white wines I have had a while, with a nice mix of creaminess and tartness.

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  1/6/2011 - Wine Sparty wrote: 85 Points

  Granny smith apple & pineapple on the nose. They both come through in the taste as well, along with a hint of peach. Tasted this at the winery last summer and bought some based on it, but this is just way too tart for me.

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  10/17/2010 - mbenz wrote: 88 Points

  Showed nicely tonight.

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  9/13/2010 - mbenz wrote: 87 Points

  Crisp, acidic bite. Less fruit then last year's, which had such nice peach flavors. Pair this with seafood with an acidic or lemon based sauce. We enjoyed it with trout with a vinagrette caper sauce.

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  3/16/2010 - sweetstuff wrote: 89 Points

  TN (tank sample, in cold stabilization) Left Foot Charley Pinot Blanc Island View Vineyard (one of Werner's properties).
  
  Very pale color with a glint of yellow-green; has fallen quite bright by this time. Sample is very cold, and so I've been giving it much time to warm and open in the glass.
  
  Old mission-typical kraft paper, redcurrant, spring flowers, a sour fermentation odor that quickly blows off, resin, apple blossom, earth.
  
  Dry with very crisp but not overwhelming acids. Like a mixture of winesap and transparent apple juices; long, clean, brisk finish. Hits on all cylinders and will be a fine lighter-style wine, very much in the style of the 2008. An acid lover's dream at this stage, but will soften a bit yet. 88-91/100.

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