Winery - Taft Street
* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Monterey grapes star in this juicy wine, with its bright flavors of tropical and citrus fruits, steely acidity, and spicy notes of toasty oak and vanilla. The yummy flavors float in a creamy-smooth texture. Taft Street has long been known as an overlooked find. Its Chardonnays have consistently scored well in our tastings.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
With smoky, ashy aromas and soft, slightly sweet medicinal flavors of cherries, root beer and vanilla oak, this Pinot might improve with age, but is currently a bit simple.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Taft Street raised the price on their ’07 Chard significantly, and it is a better wine than the ’06. It’s textbook cool-climate, with crisp acidity girding oak-inspired flavors of pineapples, green apples and pears.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Marked by jammy citrus and tropical flavors and crisp acidity, this is a standard Chardonnay. It shows the oaky, caramelized notes that Americans love in this most popular white wine.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Smells ashy, but gets better as it airs, showing ripe, flashy raspberry fruit and a coating of sweet oak.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Cherry-scented, clean and fruity. Good concentration mid-palate, with no discernable new oak, just a balanced, firm attack and a strong, chewy finish. Only 123 cases made.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
A clean, bone-dry Sauvignon Blanc with plenty of mouthwatering acidity to get those tastebuds whistling. It has polished flavors of lemons, limes, grapefruits, vanilla and white pepper. Good value.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
A good wine that provides real Russian River Chardonnay character, at a decent price. Dry and crisp, it’s made full Burgundy style, with vanilla and smoke accents to the pear, green apple and tropical fruit flavors.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Veteran winery Taft Street has crafted a gentle, easy-drinking Pinot from the cool Sonoma Coast appellation. The wine is pale in color, dry and crisp, with a silky texture, and has nice varietal flavors of cola, cherries and smoke.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
It’s so easy to get a big Zin wrong, especially in a hot vintage like 2004, but Taft Street does a good juggling act with this single-vineyard Zin, made from century-old vines. The wine flirts with excessive sweetness, but pulls back at the last second, so that the blackberry, cherry and mocha flavors are essentially dry. Rich, fine tannins and brisk acidity help to provide balance.
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