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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate (RP): 92 "...fresher and more linear than the 2009.
Slate, minerals, crushed rocks and grapefruit linger
on the precise, crystalline fi nish. This is a very
Chablis-like Napa Valley Chardonnay." Stephen Tanzer (ST): 91 "Pale bright yellow. Complex, brisk aromas of musky pineapple, medicinal herbs, white pepper and licorice; hardly your typical California chardonnay! At once dense and penetrating, with a strong spine of acidity and some unabsorbed SO2 currently hardening the middle palate. This rather uncompromising no-malolactic chardonnay displays a serious structure for aging, and will probably need five to seven years to soften up and come into harmony. Assistant winemaker Matthew Crafton noted that in the cool growing season of 2010 it was a challenge to ripen chardonnay in cooler sites in Napa Valley." |