Tasted side-by-side with the 2006 Salinia Heintz Chardonnay. Same specific CT notes on this wine as on 10/9/2015. I bumped it up a point to 95, as that lovely sherry/Jura style was rocking perfectly…
Tasted side-by-side with the 2008 Salinia Heintz Chardonnay. Same as my specific CT notes from 07/5/2015, except that I feel as though this has smoothed-out even more so than 8 months ago. Ready to…
Good, not great. Nothing memorable. Notes of mineral-inflected lemon oil, green apple, quince, and granite. Epitomized a "standard California chardonnay" in that it offered up a decent drinking…
Same notes as 01/25/2016. "It was fine," is the only phrase that comes to mind. Buttered popcorn and lemon curd; two flavors I like in a chardonnay if there is something else to elevate it. Not here.
PnP with beautiful notes of lemon curd, lemon meringue, pineapple, honey, and some tropical fruit. Hints of poached pear, stone (granite), and lemongrass.
PnP with steely notes of lemon rind, pineapple, pear, and a wet slate-like minerality. With some air, the vanillin oak influence began to pleasantly show itself. This is a little more…
A decent Chardonnay, but nothing that evokes any sort of emotional or memorable response. Notes of pear, vanilla, and lemon curd. Not very complex by any stretch, but an ok Monday night sipper.
Same as my previous CT notes except that it lost a little "oomph" after about three hours of slow O2. Though I think this has the ability to go a number of years more, I think drinking now (and…
Intense notes of honey, dried apricot, lemon curd, sweet lemon and orange peel, and poached peach. Powerful but not overpowering, pairing absolutely fantastic with a Point Reyes blue cheese.
PnP with notes of honeysuckle, lemon, popcorn, pear, and quince. Finished with a stoney minerality; just a tad pithy and tart on the back end. Performed very well in the beginning, with a clipped…
PnP with notes of lemon curd, honey, vanilla, brioche, toasted marshmallow, yellow pear, and a hint of wet rock. There was an initial faint metallic tinge on the finish, but that quickly dissipated…
A very pretty and feminine Chardonnay, with soft citrus and vanilla notes cascading across the palate. Additional notes of lemon curd, poached pear, green apple, popcorn, and a subtle minerality that…
Similar to my previous CT notes. PnP with a strong, up-front Sherry/Jura style; notes of poached pear, butterscotch, roasted hazelnuts, crackerjack, BBQ'd pineapple, mesquite honey, lemon oil, and…
One of the best QPRs out there for this style of Chardonnay. Really nice balance, texture, and layers of fruit flavors. As others have mentioned, the oak influence is evident, but I thought the fruit…
PnP with notes of pear, citrus and lemon, flint, grass, and a hint of vanilla. Not a whole lot of broad fruit flavors in this wine, with a bit of a pithy aftertaste that is somewhat distracting.…
PnP with notes of lemon curd, pear, bitter apple, saline, straw, and a hit of minerality on the mid-palate (wet granite, gray fines, graphite, limestone). An extremely feminine and delicate…
PnP with a very pithy, linear texture. The stemmy bitterness overwhelmed what remained of the tight lemon, unripe pear and apple, dry granite stone, and astringent lilac flavors. There was…
PnP with notes of popcorn, pineapple, asian pear, vanilla, toast, and a light touch of honey. Clean and well delineated, this Chardonnay drank smooth and solid throughout the course of two hours.
Similar to some of my CT notes from the 2006 & 2007 Salinia Heintz Chardonnays, however the 2008 started out a bit tight and reserved, with less of the alluring oily, viscous texture found in its…
An extremely balanced and feminine chardonnay, with notes of smooth, subtle Meyer lemon, citrus, popcorn, and pear. Nothing out of place, with an impeccably inviting persona. A hint of minerality…
