Tasted 4 November 2016
California · Santa Cruz Mountains
A beautiful Chardonnay, and one that easily overshadowed the 2011 Chardonnay tasted next to it. The 2012 Damiana had lovely flavors of silky and creamy vanilla bean, lemon curd, poached pear, popcorn, and a hint of…
Stewed and lifeless. Tasted dirty and manure-ridden. And of course, had that signature thin and diluted Fogarty style to it. In the Pursuit of Balance gone completely awry. Totally disappointing.
Dead and lifeless. Stewed plum, pepper, barnyard. Serving this as part of a Signature Reserve Tasting was insulting to say the least. Not even worth commenting further on.
What should have been the grand finale of the signature Pinot lineup from Fogarty ended up, not surprisingly, a total dud. Same old song with the watery and diluted flavor profile, even less so when…
