Winery - Thomas Fogarty
* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Bone dry and high in acidity, an austere and elegant Chardonnay that offers complex interest to those who can recognize it. Shows a mineral and steel profile, with lemon and lime fruit. Let it warm up in the glass.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Fogarty’s basic Pinot Noir is very good, although it’s not a wine for aging. With its soft dryness and rich tannins, it shows polished flavors of cherries, cola, herbs, cinnamon spice and subtle oak.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
This food-friendly Chardonnay is California’s equivalent of great Chablis. It’s totally dry and high in acidity, with elegantly structured flavors of citrus fruits, white peaches, apricots, minerals and yeasty lees. Give it a good decant, and don’t serve too cold.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
This Pinot Noir needs a few years in the cellar to mellow, although you can decant it now to let it breathe. It’s very rich in cherries, raspberries, licorice and sweet, smoky oak, with a soft, silky texture. Shows a real sense of sophistication.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Cherry Jello, vinyl, cola notes. Sharp in acidity, and simple.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Like all Thomas Fogarty’s Chardonnays, this is dry, acidic and minerally. It is not one of those ultrarich Chards dripping with buttered popcorn and tropical fruit jam. Wine aficionados will appreciate the Chablis-like citrus fruit, white flower and steel elegance.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Although there is a mountain intensity to the intense blackberry and cherry flavors and rich tannins, this wine is probably at its best now. It’s very dry and rich, with evident oak, and a distinguished finish.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
This is a bone dry, austere and acidic Chardonnay, whose flavors are marked by minerals and tart citrus fruits. But it has plenty of interesting complexity—a Chablis-style California Chardonnay that could develop bottle complexities over the next six years.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Tight and dry, with mineral-laden citrus fruit flavors enriched with oak and creamy lees. This is an elegantly constructed Chardonnay marked by crisp sleekness, and is showing its best now.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Creamy and crisp, this Chard is ultrarich in fruit, with lemondrop, pineapple tart filling, crème brûlée and buttered toast flavors. Really delicious and complicated, it’s from a vineyard on mountainous slopes in the heart of the Silicon Valley suburb of Los Gatos.
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