Winery - Guarachi Family
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
A big improvement over the winery’s last release, this ’09 Chardonnay is rich and oaky and crisp in acidity. It’s just delicious, with ripe pineapple jam, buttered toast, créme brûlée and vanilla flavors. Made in a big, powerful style, but balanced. Drink now.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Not offering much now beyond a full body, big tannins, lots of oak and extracted blackberry jam and milk chocolate fruit. There’s lots of deliciousness, but not much elegance or sophistication. Roll the dice and stash it for six years to see what happens.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
A bit sharp and rough at the moment, with a sandpapery, peppery scour. The flavors are of cherry pie filling and smoky cedar. Yet there’s plenty of balance, and the ruggedly strong tannins suggest some cellaring. Give it a few years to mellow and knit together.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Lots of oak on this wine, which shows rich vanilla custard, buttered toast and caramel flavors. However, the underlying fruit isn’t able to support it. There’s some pineapple and nectarine, but the wine ultimately collapses under all the wood.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Dark and heavy for a Pinot Noir, although it’s certainly well made and delicious. Floods the mouth with cherry and raspberry pie-filling fruit, and the smoky, caramelized oak has a granola sweetness. Drink now.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
A very rich, dramatic, indisputably Napa Cabernet. The fruit is ripe in blackberries and cassis, the tannin structure is vibrant and living, and the oak application is superb. A fashionable Cab that should develop over the next eight years.
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