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The Santa Cruz Chardonnay 1998 from Ridge was mature and dark gold. In the nose some very mature notes with apple, cheese and a hint of rubber. On the palate rich, fat but also with some acidity to balance the wine. At first a slight oxidation, but after some time in the glass it's gone. A big …
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My first wine from Williams Selyem. The Russian River Pinot is one of many different pinots from this estate. Must say I'm not impressed with this effort. In the bouquet some almost overripe notes as prune but also some green notes indicating low phenolic maturity in some of the grapes. Can only …
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This was a great surprise at a tasting - served blind. Still quite fresh on the palate with quite a vibrant fruit, and a lovely mature nose. Does not offer a lot of complexity, and is not a big or a large scaled wine, but a very nice smaller mature Burgundy - NOT!. Two friends from Domaines in …
The Kistler Vineyards Sonoma Valley 2007 was served just after Leflaive Puligny Montrachet 2006, and thus seemed quite balanced and well structured. I reality the Leflaive tasted more Californian than the Kistler. Not all the credit goes to Kistler, but it is a very good Californian chardonney. It's …
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