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100 Point Rating Guide | ||
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| 96-100 | Extraordinary | A wine of finesse, complexity, and expression. True to variety and region. Perfect balance of flavors with a long finish. |
| 90-95 | Excellent | True to variety and region, with terrific complexity and balance. While not a wine for the ages, a superior example. |
| 85-89 | Good | Meets your expectations, with sound flavors and balance. Might have limited complexity or be short on the palate. A sound wine. |
| 80-84 | Average | Drinkable, might not have as much varietal character. Simple flavors, no flaws, but nothing special. |
| 75-79 | Below Average | Might contain one flaw, simple straight-forward flavors, off-balance, unpleasant. |
| 60-74 | Undrinkable, Flawed | Contains significant flaws. Unpleasant, not commercially acceptable. |
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6 User Reviews
Sep 30, 2007
Had this wine on a lazy late summer evening with a special friend, the last day of a long trip. Enjoyed with crab legs, mushroom risotto, and a caesar salad. Drawn garlic butter accompanied the crab. This chardonnay paired perfectly w/ the rich crab and really made a lasting impression. I'm now a lifelong fan of Rombauer.
Huge notes of butter and honey with wonderfully balanced floral notes -- you feel like a bee diligently working a crop of spring flowers. The mouthfeel is viscous lanolin and mineral dry notes. A wine I am unlikely to forget.
Jan 09, 2008
After so many rave reviews I had to try this wine. This is indeed a fine chardonnay with delicious flavors of sweet apple, crème sucrée and healthy oakiness. The nose is also very pleasant and inviting with aromas of caramel and freshly baked apple pie. I think what makes this wine great is its ability to exhibit the characteristic of a heavy, creamy chard in a surprisingly subtle way.
Nov 01, 2007
This is a very good Napa Chardonnay. Pale Golden in color with aromas of very ripe apples and tropical fruit, tastefully framed by assertive new wood, and treated to full malolactic fermentation which gives it an overtly buttery quality. A good example of the "California" style, this wine is a fine choice for the table or as a cocktail, but lacks the tenuosity, unctuosity, and complexity of the very best. Also I can't give this wine any extra points for terrior, since most of it's strongest qualities (oak and malo) come from the cellar, and are not derived from the natural qualities of the fruit sources.
