Unfortunately, this wine was corked meaning the cork was infected with TCA. This doesn't happen as often as it used to, but still does occasionally thru no fault of the producer. Seemed like a nice wine underneath, but hard to be sure.
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I have had this before and loved it, but this bottle, not so much. Perhaps an off bottle or shut down at this time? Just last summer, I scored it 100 points, so this was curious. Some liked it more than I, but most of the room seemed to comment that it wasn't what they might have been expecting. It is good, but this should be one of the preeminent California Chardonnays. It happens, but I can only review the bottle I drank. Light green/gold in color. The nose is dusty with tine, clay, spice and oak. No fruit. No noticeable TCA or other faults. On the palate, it has a nice texture.
This was a worrisome bottle. The top was sticky due to a leaking cork. On opening, the cork was a mess and had leaked and apparently self sealed at some point. Still, the underlying wine was excellent. Light golden in color. The nose has green apples, slight lemon custard and hints of vanilla. On the palate, this has a creamy texture but sharp acidity. Nice lemon fruit with some vanilla. Slight tannins. Long finish. Drinks like a wine I would expect from the Sonoma Coast. No idea how the leaking cork affected the development of this wine. Will work great with veggies and spicy f
This wine took a long time to open up and was still improving four hours later when retasted at the end of the night. The first impression score was maybe a 90 and eventually it got up to 99. Really impressive but if opening, give it air or time. Medium deep golden in color. The nose has oak, vanilla and lemon. With air a metallic not comes and goes. Then a buttery quality which stays although moves more into the background. Eventually, some orange citrus and floral notes with a great underlying minerality. The palate also goes thru a wild ride starting off tight and oak driven, the
