Carneros, North Coast, California, USA
Beautiful fruit and acid balance. Rich color. Nice finish.
Beautiful fruit and acid balance. Rich color. Nice finish.
Jul 14th, 2025Citrus and apple. Lemon custard? Creamy for sure. Quite a pretty wine for a carneros. Less brutish than most. 2021
Citrus and apple. Lemon custard? Creamy for sure. Quite a pretty wine for a carneros. Less brutish than most. 2021
Nov 4th, 2023
13 really mellowed but balanced...lemon custard good acid backbone...lovely wine!
13 really mellowed but balanced...lemon custard good acid backbone...lovely wine!
Apr 28th, 2021
Last Bottle. It’s got another 6-8 years in it. Wonderful Chardonnay
Last Bottle. It’s got another 6-8 years in it. Wonderful Chardonnay
Sep 21st, 2019Love it! Perfect time to start drinking them. Truly a can’t miss Chardonnay.
Love it! Perfect time to start drinking them. Truly a can’t miss Chardonnay.
Jul 12th, 2019
Great wine. Nice acidity but with creamy undertones. Not a wine for the ‘professionals’ as it doesn’t fit their oaky template. Just a wonderful wine with food. 2013.
Great wine. Nice acidity but with creamy undertones. Not a wine for the ‘professionals’ as it doesn’t fit their oaky template. Just a wonderful wine with food. 2013.
Jun 10th, 201914' HDV Comandante Hyde Vineyard.
Planted in 1979 . This is the last of the original planting. Not even 1 acre left of this original planting.
Close to a PnP - A short decanting is still recommend.
Pale yellow in color.
Palate- Peach, baked apple pie, honeysuckle, orange blossom , splash of spice(dissipates completely after 30 minutes) medium acidity. Modest amount of oak. Finishing with a plethora of tropical fruits, acid, minerality. Polished & layered finish! Damn good bottle.
Well-made Chardonnay. Drink /6-8 years in it.
14' HDV Comandante Hyde Vineyard.
Planted in 1979 . This is the last of the original planting. Not even 1 acre left of this original planting.
Close to a PnP - A short decanting is still recommend.
Pale yellow in color.
Palate- Peach, baked apple pie, honeysuckle, orange blossom , splash of spice(dissipates completely after 30 minutes) medium acidity. Modest amount of oak. Finishing with a plethora of tropical fruits, acid, minerality. Polished & layered finish! Damn good bottle.
Well-made Chardonnay. Drink /6-8 years in it.
14’ HDV Comandante Chardonnay. I’ve written about this several times. Getting better each time I open one.
14’ HDV Comandante Chardonnay. I’ve written about this several times. Getting better each time I open one.
May 3rd, 2018Great bottle that’s starting to open up in it’s prime.
Great bottle that’s starting to open up in it’s prime.
Jan 5th, 2018
I opened a 2007 HdV Commandate Chardonnay in preparation for this beast of a Hurricane which is coming our way. My granddaughter is fully equipped and prepared!!!! Lol!! She was crawling towards the bottle as I was taking my pic!!!! HdV's flagship Chardonnay is amazing with some age on it. I uncorked a recent vintage (2013) the other day and it was lackluster in comparison to this masterpiece. Truly incredible how a little time transformed this beauty.
I opened a 2007 HdV Commandate Chardonnay in preparation for this beast of a Hurricane which is coming our way. My granddaughter is fully equipped and prepared!!!! Lol!! She was crawling towards the bottle as I was taking my pic!!!! HdV's flagship Chardonnay is amazing with some age on it. I uncorked a recent vintage (2013) the other day and it was lackluster in comparison to this masterpiece. Truly incredible how a little time transformed this beauty.
