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Bevan Cellars Chardonnay Ritchie Vineyard

3 vintages · 4 notes · Bevan Cellars · Sonoma County · Russian River Valley

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2015 1 note As others have noted, this is a big, adulterous, slap-yo-mama and run from the po-lice kind of Chardonnay. The frontal attack isn't "just" like a… 2013 2 notes Much better showing than last year. Time in bottle certainly helped. However, this is still a bit of a brute and built more like a Cabernet than a… 2012 1 note PnP with a very pithy, linear texture. The stemmy bitterness overwhelmed what remained of the tight lemon, unripe pear and apple, dry granite stone,…