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Chalk Hill
Estate Bottled Chalk Hill Chardonnay 2018
Very very creamy and robust. You have to like big chardonnay to enjoy this! (Luckily for me I like all forms of Chardonnay.) I don’t find the oak overwhelming here though. It’s more MLF bold than oak bold, if that’s makes sense? 🤷♀️ Oak is definitely present — I just don’t find it over the top. Pineapple, cream, vanilla, lemon curd. — 12 days ago
Peay Vineyards
Estate Scallop Shelf Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir 2013
Baked raspberry and strawberries, minerally river rock smoothness, black cherry, smoky dried cran.
On the palate rich raspberry and cherry candy drive-by, dried cranberry, and violets. Top notch Pinot singing long and loud arias to tug the heartstrings.
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#peay #sonomacoast #scallopshelf #pinotnoir #singlevineyard — 14 days ago
Ferrer Bobet
Seleccio Especial Priorat Grenache Carignan 2006
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Joule Rosé of Mourvèdre 2019
Domaine St. George
Select Reserve California Cabernet Sauvignon 2019
Delicious. Not over the top like many cabs. Easy to drink. — 10 days ago
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Exert Syrah Blend 2018
Great tasting with @Stanley Barrios and his lovely wife. The wines were really good! — 2 months ago
Au Bon Climat
Nuits-Blanches au Bouge Santa Maria Valley Estate Bottled Chardonnay 2015
N: Lemons, ginger, banana peel, very fresh, like a just passed thunderstorms sun. You can smell the oak, but it’s like a ghost in the background.
P:Lemon custard, ever so light, creamy,tart, long finish, slight wood. He was really talented.
R.I.P. Jim Clendenen
If served this “ blind”, very few would peg it as a Cali Chard. A stylistic response to criticism of previous, over the top Chards.
With time and air, some flinty mineral goodness appears along with the sensation of citrus pith. — 19 hours ago
Howard Greenfield
Excellent Top — 17 days ago