Tom Casagrande

9.0

Not the deepest or most complex but has a lot of character. Nose has lots of sappy, just-ripe cherry, crushed rock dust, and a nicely complicating earthy/loamy/slightly barnyard note. Round and vigorous on entry, with an initial whack of tart(ish) cherry fruit that quickly leans out and goes stony/ minerally, ending on a slightly bitter note. Crisp acids. No tannin to speak of. More character than most AOC Bourgogne. Very good value. — 3 months ago

Rita Ernst

10

Cork Wine — 4 years ago

Samantha Hargrove

9.0

Medium bodied Pinot with complexity. Delicious! — 7 years ago

Bart Sanders

9.3

Semi-sweet, fruity, grape juice. — 5 months ago

Bryan Kesting

9.2

Fun to drink side by side with the 2015 Sadie Upton. — 3 years ago

Nancy Pan

9.0

Aromatic, mineral, lime and lemon, acidity comes late. M finish. Classic eden Riesling — 5 years ago

Greg Ballington

Co-Founder of Millennial Drinkers Wine Blog

9.3

Second winery on day two in Sonoma was Hanzell Vineyards with Whitney. Third wine was the Hanzell Chardonnay, which is their flagship Chardonnay bottling. All the fruit comes from five of their estate vineyards with an average age of 29 years; de Brye, Zellerbach, Day, Ramos and Ambassador's 1953 vineyards. This bottling is fermented in a mix of stainless steel (62%) and new French oak barrel (38%), the later goes through lee stirring for two months. Aged for a total of twelve months in neutral French oak with all barrel fermentation going through malolactic.

Medium to medium plus lemon yellow with a slight golden hue. Lovely Chardonnay nose with layers of stone, tree and tropical fruits followed by an interesting note of herbal tea like chamomile and honeysuckle. A touch of citrus zest and brioche. Some more mouthwatering acidity on this bottling from Hanzell (7/10) with a medium plus body. Rich palate with a touch of butter, citrus, honeysuckle and some white stone fruits. A nice creamy mouthfeel with a long, lingering finish. Drink till 2032. (93+)

$$$ - Tasted at the winery. Retail price is $78.00. — 7 years ago

with India

Andy Thomson

9.5

Absolutely beautiful. Great nose, great creamy aged flavours. — 10 months ago

with Cheryl

Jason

9.7

Very tasty and well balanced drop!
Smooth, good fruit flavours and not too hot. — 3 years ago

Sarah Milsow-Guenther

9.0

Nice, smooth Cab. A little pricey in my opinion but still nice. The owner is the nicest guy and he does make some pretty decent juice. — 6 years ago