2015 Kutch Chardonnay Sonoma Coast, USA, California, Wine Review

This is the first bottling by Kutch from this AVA. Perhaps not quite the focus as the Santa Cruz mountain version but still quite nice. That may be to being a different vintage or AVA. This is golden in color. The nose has pears, slight vanilla, some lemon and a slightly sweaty note to it. On the palate, this is of course young. The pears and slight lemons come thru. Some acidity but not a lot. It will be good to revisit this and see if it comes more together. That said, it is delicious now with depth to it. Worked very well at the dinner table.

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2015

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2018 Kutch Chardonnay Sonoma Coast, USA, California, Wine Review

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2018

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$40.00USD

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2015 Kutch Chardonnay Sonoma Coast, USA, California, Sonoma - Wine Review

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Light golden in color. The nose is very nice. Clean with no overt oak showing. Green apples, slight lemon cream and slight pineapple. On the palate, this is again clean with plenty of fruit. Green apples, slightly tart, slight lemon. An undetrlying minerality It worked well with a difficult food match (fried pickle poppers). Nice finish. Still very youthful, it wiill be interesting to revisit this.