Drinking great at 10.5 years with plenty of freshness and vibrancy. Finely tuned tension between fruit, acidity, and texture ending in a long, harmonious finish.
Drinking great at 10.5 years with plenty of freshness and vibrancy. Finely tuned tension between fruit, acidity, and texture ending in a long, harmonious finish.
Mar 9th, 2021Great wine but be aware that it’s still very young. Not a typical Ponzi single vineyard Chardonnay, it’s still strong, greasy, reductive aroma and flavors are reminiscent of many a modern Cote de Beaune. Powerful, complex, detailed, earthy. Decant and aerate if drinking now but better still to cellar at least another 5 years. I’m projecting it will age gracefully for 25 years or more.
Great wine but be aware that it’s still very young. Not a typical Ponzi single vineyard Chardonnay, it’s still strong, greasy, reductive aroma and flavors are reminiscent of many a modern Cote de Beaune. Powerful, complex, detailed, earthy. Decant and aerate if drinking now but better still to cellar at least another 5 years. I’m projecting it will age gracefully for 25 years or more.
Nov 15th, 20209 years old and peaking nicely. Apple pie, vanilla, cream, wildflower honey, with a straight, healthy acid-tannin backbone.
9 years old and peaking nicely. Apple pie, vanilla, cream, wildflower honey, with a straight, healthy acid-tannin backbone.
Nov 14th, 2020Compared to the 2014 which needs at least 5 years to start to reach its potential, the 2013 is mature now. Not that that’s a problem. Starts out curiously aged yet tight but fills out with aeration, taking on a rich, silky suppleness with length and complexity. If you have any 2013, enjoy now.
Compared to the 2014 which needs at least 5 years to start to reach its potential, the 2013 is mature now. Not that that’s a problem. Starts out curiously aged yet tight but fills out with aeration, taking on a rich, silky suppleness with length and complexity. If you have any 2013, enjoy now.
Nov 13th, 2020
Nice vibrant Apple and lite vanilla custard
Nice vibrant Apple and lite vanilla custard
Mar 22nd, 2015
Love it. Lean, elegant, classic Chard.
Love it. Lean, elegant, classic Chard.
Dec 21st, 2014
Good slid old world style Chard
Good slid old world style Chard
Oct 2nd, 2013
Wearing lots of make-up but still lookin’ fly
Wearing lots of make-up but still lookin’ fly
Oct 10th, 2018
Alive, refreshing
Dec 5th, 2016
2013 Chardonnay
Jul 23rd, 2016
Chehalem Mountains, Willamette Valley, Oregon, USA
