An improvement from last summer. Time in bottle appears to have smoothed out this wine significantly and allowed the yellow fruit to deepen nicely. Some subtle vanilla, lemon curd, olive oil, and…
Similar to last year. Buttery at first, but then settled into a nice glide of yellow citrus and popcorn flavors. Fairly unctuous, but also maintained its focus pretty well over the course of a couple…
Pervious notes from 05/27/2017 still apply. Just bottled. A little high in the sulfur department as a result, but the fruit still pushed through. This is going to be an extraordinary example of…
An exquisite bottle of domestic Chardonnay. Much fuller and richer than some of the other Aubert Chardonnays, but this was an absolute pleasure to drink. Super smooth and viscous, with ripe yellow…
This showed better than what I remember from nine months ago. PnP and served at cellar temperature, it displayed more rounded and voluptuous notes of lemon curd, vanilla bean, quality oak, and hints…
An absolutely phenomenal showing. This went from hardly memorable over a year ago, into one of the most intriguing bottles of domestic Chardonnay I've had in a very long time. Some time in bottle has…
The 2014 and 2015 RM Sonoma Coast Chardonnays were served side-by-side. This 2015 was almost completely inaccessible on PnP. Thin and tight. It took about an hour in the glass (and consumption over…
The 2014 and 2015 RM Sonoma Coast Chardonnays were served side-by-side. This 2014 was FAR more accessible and giving than the 2015. Notes of plush yellow fruit/citrus (pineapple, lemon), popcorn,…
Same as my notes from two months ago. "More ok" than the other two whites served before it. Not a whole lot of concentration for a Chardonnay. Some cut and frame, but not much fruit to fill the…
Same as my notes from 11/4/2016. Good Chardonnay with decent yellow citrus fruit, some green apple, and lemon curd. A little flinty and sharp on the back end, adding some frame, but distracting a…
Tasted in tank just before the scheduled bottling. More butterscotch and lamp oil nuances when compared to the '15 Simpatico Ranch. A tad bit fuller and richer, but just shy of the high end laser cut…
Tasted in tank just before its scheduled bottling. An outrageous bottle of domestic Chardonnay. A beautiful gold-green hue. Hits the palate with an assertive but meaningful attack. The focus on this…
I was a fan of this wine. Beautiful body, with a lemon curd and white peach core. Some vanilla and popcorn on the back end. The attack was really succulent without being heavy or muddled. Good focus…
This was a beautiful bottle of domestic Chardonnay, fashioned with focus and balance in mind. Somewhat more Burgundian in style in that it had a crispness and acidic frame that held the core lemon…
Same as my notes from two weeks ago. Normally I like my Chardonnays served at a cooler cellar temperature (54 degrees), but I actually appreciated that this was served a little cooler than that this…
Similar to all of my other notes. I'm preferring this wine colder than other Chardonnays (somewhere between cellar and refrigerator temps). I usually prefer Chardonnays at around 54 degrees, but the…
Though I remember liking this wine ok, I honestly can't remember it in comparison to the others in the tasting. Like other CT notes have mentioned, it was more medium-bodied than the others, which…
The wine in the lineup I would certainly seek out again was this 2012 Old Wente Chardonnay. Offered up a generous balance of lemon and yellow citrus, vanilla, and plain popcorn, along with just the…
Like the Covenant, the Susanna's had some Burgundian characteristics that made for a more lithe experience overall. Still decent flavors and mineral notes, but I was drawn more to the Old Wente and…
Offered up more minerality than the other Chardonnays, making it seem more Burgundian in style than its siblings. Threw off some Viognier and Sauvignon Blanc characteristics that were a little…
#2 - Second of two bottles of this wine poured: This was a PnP version (the other first version had been opened for 24 hours - tasted side-by-side for for comparison).
