2008 Ferrari-Carano Chardonnay Reserve

Community Tasting Notes (16) Avg Score: 90.8 points

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  1/31/2017 - ccotton8 Likes this wine: 92 Points

  First off, this was fantastic just some odd characteristics. I was a little skeptical when I pulled this from the cellar last night, i don't usually sit on chardonnay's this long. I poured the wine and this crazy bright yellow liquid poured out, this was like no other chard i've seen, pretty close to the yellow egg dye for easter eggs. Anyway, I swirled the wine and the wine just coated the entire glass similar to a sticky. Not really sure what to make of this wine.
  
  On the nose, i got lemon zest, lemon curd, and honey suckle, at this point i'm thinking is this going to be a sweet wine. I checked the bottle for any residual sugar percentage but nothing was printed. Took a taste, and on the palate I got this light soft airy wine with a soft touch of acid, and the wine just coated the palate. I could not get any other characteristics from the taste that differed from the nose, except the wine had a hint of sweetness to it. The bottle disappeared over a 3 hour period with bottle open the entire time and the didn't appear to evolve or fall apart. So it makes me think this wine may have a couple more years in it but why wait when it's good now.

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  1/13/2014 - Beth Z wrote:

  Amazing and creamy as usual!

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  12/23/2012 - mouton45 Likes this wine: 91 Points

  great with Cathy's delicious chicken and sherry cream sauce recipe

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  12/10/2012 - pmk wrote: 92 Points

  consistent with earlier tasting notes - still drinking very well with a wonderful long creamy finish.

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  6/24/2012 - jfurey21 wrote: 92 Points

  clean cab. nice mineral and minimum oak. friend of mine noted "white chocolate" nice.

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