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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
This is an unoaked Chardonnay, but it’s so rich and forward in fruit, you may not even miss that smoky wood edge. Explodes with pineapple, peach, pear, apple, vanilla, honey and dusty spice flavors.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Light and silky, with sweet, ripe cherry, red currant, licorice, Chinese five-spice and cinnamon flavors, and earthier notes of beef bouillon and heirloom tomato. Drink now.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
This is a decadently rich Chardonnay, although it depends for its appeal mainly on oak and ripe fruit, rather than nuance. Explodes with pineapple jam, golden mango, crème brûlée, buttered toast, honey and cinnamon spice flavors. Ready now.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
From the dark color, plummy aroma and heavy mouthfeel, you know this is a big, ponderous Pinot Noir. Nothing light or silky about it. Packs a punch with red berry, mushroom, red currant and smoked meat flavors, with the tannic pack of a Syrah, and finishes very dry. Aging is a gamble.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Heavy and dull in the mouth. They seemed to have picked the darkest, ripest, softest, plummiest lots, and then plastered the wine with oak. Not bad for a Grenache, but lacks the vibrancy and lift you want from Pinot Noir.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
This has been Riverbench’s best Pinot and it still is. Shows the wonderful ability to be deliciously drinkable now, yet with the stuffing for the cellar. Dry and crisp and full-bodied, it shows berry, currants, mushroom, grilled meat and sandalwood flavors, dusted with Indian spices. Now–2015.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
With an over-oaked taste and sugary flavors of peach, pineapple and apricot jam, this Chard is more like a dessert wine.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
This is an irresistibly delicious Pinot Noir. It shows the virtues of the vintage through flashy flavors of black cherry pie filling, red currants, cherry liqueur, orange zest, mocha, vanilla and cinnamon spice, wrapped into lush, silky tannins and brightened by firm acidity. Complex and compelling.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Depends for its appeal largely on oak’s vanilla cream and buttered toast flavors, in addition to ripe pineapples and peaches. Made to appeal to the popular style. Could show more nuance and sophistication.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
This valley in Santa Barbara County continues to prove its relevance to California Chardonnay, as proven once again by this dry, crisply elegant and decadently delicious wine. It bursts in the mouth with juicy pineapple, white peach and honeysuckle flavors, generously oaked, but is balanced in acidity and minerals.
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