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2016

Rivers-Marie Chardonnay Sonoma Coast

Tasted 19 May 2018 Sonoma County · Sonoma Coast

Lemon liqueur, yellow pear, glycol, and lamp oil. Some faint lemon verbena and grass on the back end, but mostly hits of lemon and alcohol. A furry/pithy aftertaste made for an abrupt finish. Even with the good QPR,…

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