A nice, refreshing start to the flight. Fairly typical Rose of Pinot; decent acidity and mid-palate all things considering. Nothing especially memorable, but still delivered some pleasurable diluted…
Honeycomb and syrup. Bashingly cloying and richly sweet. No real Chardonnay fruit was able to peek out behind the wave of sticky honey and viscous gomme.
Similar in profile to the 2013 except that this didn't carry as hearty of a bell pepper note as its older sibling. Some brush and vegetal notes on the back end, but this 2014 was much more focused…
Dark red berry, cedar, mulch, stale cinnamon stick, and a strong vegetal note that rushed up on the back end. Bell pepper, earthy cranberry, and cola flavors competed with each other.
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).
