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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012

Made in a very oaky, Sonoma Coast style that emphasizes enormously ripe fruit and crisp acids. The green apple, pineapple tart and pear flavors are enriched with vanilla, buttered toast and butterscotch Lifesaver sour candy. Flamboyant and dramatic, but not an ager, so drink young.

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Tandem Chardonnay - 2007

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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012

New toasty oak currently dominates, offering the butterscotch, buttered toast and caramel flavors that so many people think is the taste of Chardonnay, but is not. The true fruit stands out as pineapples and pears. It’s a very clean, hedonistic wine to drink now with rich fare, like shellfish.

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Tandem Chardonnay - 2007

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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012

Strong in fruit and oak, but very rich and elegant. Shows massively ripe flavors of green apples, pears and pineapples, with a honeysuckle floral note and leesy, oaky influences. Dry and crisp, it’s an upscale Chardonnay to drink with the classic San Francisco combo of crab and buttered sourdough bread.

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Tandem Chardonnay - 2007

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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012

An enormously fruity wine that seems to trade subtlety for sheer exuberance. Offers gigantic flavors of raspberry granola candy bar, cherry liqueur, vanilla and buttered cinnamon toast, and although that sounds sweet, the wine is fully dry, with crisp coastal acidity and finely ground tannins. Hard to see how it will age, but delicious now and for a couple years.

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Tandem Pinot Noir - 2007

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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012

Absolutely delicious now, this barrel selection of Tandem’s different vineyard designates dazzles with flashy flavors of raspberry and cherry tart, cola, persimmon, pomegranate and cinnamon-pepper, elaborated with the bubbling brown sugar accents of oak. Should last for quite a long time without gaining complexity, so best now–2012 with things like grilled salmon, lamb or a fine steak.

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Tandem Pinot Noir - 2007

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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012

Deliciously soft and flavorful now, with all sorts of ripe primary fruit and new oak influences that are almost candied in their richness. Raspberries, cherries, orange zest, licorice, bacon, cinnamon, vanilla and sweet smoky sandalwood flood the mouth, firmed up with fine tannins. Best now–2012.

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Tandem Pinot Noir - 2007

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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012

With 20% Garnacha, this Navarran Merlot carries a green and lactic streak that makes it a tough go. The palate is gigantic and oversaturated, which makes the whole clumsy and rough.

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Tandem Merlot - 2004

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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012

Lovely, delicately silky, light-bodied and elegant, with charm and finesse. Some may find it lean in fruit, which emphasizes the acidity, but it’s a connoisseur’s Pinot Noir that gets better as it breathes. You have to understand complexity and subtlety in this variety to appreciate this bone-dry, cherry skin-tart wine. Best now through 2010.

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Tandem Pinot Noir - 2005

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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012

Very ripe and jammy in raspberry and cherry fruit flavors, this Pinot is accented with crisp acidity. Oak barrel aging adds notes of caramel and buttered toast. It’s a deliciously dry wine, although a bit direct and obvious. Seems at its best now and for 3–4 years.

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Tandem Pinot Noir - 2007

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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012

Tastes sweet, almost like a dessert wine. Brings to mind a tart with smoky dough, pineapple, mascarpone cheese, apricot cream and orange liqueur flavors. Exotic, and probably better as a cocktail sipper than paired with food.

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Tandem Chardonnay - 2006

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