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Cleaning Up Old Notes
*Disclaimer: I received this wine in order to participate in a Taste Live event. I’m still digging back in the archives to catch up on wines I never got around to telling you about when my posting...
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Still in South America
*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample to participate in a Wines of Argentina Taste Live Event I don’t know that I had ever had an Argentinian Chardonnay prior to this tasting event. I’m not...
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Speeding Tasting #1
2008 Rodney Strong Reserve Chardonnay I had this last week at the Rootstock Festival and really enjoyed it. It’s a RRV Chardonnay that has a nice handle on its oak and acidity balance. A lot spice and...
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Best Chardonnay In Ages
*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample from the winery. For dinner tonight we tried the 2007 J. Keverson Starkey’s Court Chardonnay. It had a real cork closure and clocked in at 14.2% alcohol...
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2009 Jordan Chardonnay
*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample from the winery. As a prelude to our recent CA trip, I pulled this bottle of 2009 Jordan Chardonnay from the basement, since we had plans to visit Jordan...
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2010 Longhand Chardonnay
Our 3rd wine for speed dating at WBC 12 is the 2010 Longhand Sonoma Coast Chardonnay. Bright yellow apple, lemon, pear, some oak on the nose. In the mouth more citrus, some lime and tarter apple, oak...
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2010 Rodney Strong Chalk HIll Chardonnay
The fifth wine I’m speed dating with is the 2010 Rodney Strong Chalk Hill Chardonnay, a very familiar wine for me. We drink a lot of wine from Rodney Strong at our house! The nose is toasted with some...
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2010 Votre Sante Chardonnay
Rounding up on our 8th speed dating wine we have a 2010 Votre Sante Chardonnay. Really bright tropical notes on the nose with pear, caramel, and vanilla bean notes. On the palate, peach and pear...
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2009 Johan Chardonnay Reserve
Up last for the white and rose portion of speed dating we have the Johan 2009 Chardonnay Reserve. Yay for more OR wine to round out this tasting! This chardonnay retails for $33. On the nose I am...
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What’s better than wine for breakfast?
Cute bit of marketing from Wines of Brasil. *Disclaimer: Snooth provided transportation and boarding so I could attend this event. Not much, really. Except perhaps Brazilian wine for breakfast which...
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Dreaming of Seafood
*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample from the PR firm for the brand. I ate a lot of seafood this summer. Between Portugal and Maine my late July and early August were all about seafood. So I...
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Chardonnay with a Cause
Mr. Wannabe Wino has been taking my photos for me… *Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample from the winery. I have a soft spot for wine with a cause, I must admit. And this one comes with the...
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Chardonnay with a Cause
Mr. Wannabe Wino has been taking my photos for me… *Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample from the winery. I have a soft spot for wine with a cause, I must admit. And this one comes with the...
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