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Au Bon Climat Santa Barbara Chardonnay 2007

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Winery:
Au Bon Climat
Varietal:
Chardonnay
Region:
USA > California > Central Coast
Type:
White Wine
Drink Dates:
Drink Now - 2010
UPC:
100052

User Tags:  fruit, tropical fruits, crisp, style, caramel, butter, (tree) fruit, nose, 91pts, fish 


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What to Expect

Chardonnay is America's most popular grape and with good reason. Made in styles that range from steely, mineral laced wines with crisp green apple fruit to wines that are buttery, rich, and laden with tropical fruits, there is a Chardonnay that will appeal to every palate. Chardonnay is most closely associated with France's Burgundy region and California's Northern valleys though it has proven successful around the globe.

Winemakers Notes

Burgundian in sensibility but with California style is one way of describing Jim Clendenen's Chardonnays - structure and restraint melded with bountiful opulence is another. In the glass, buttery brioche marries with tropical fruits in an irresistible elixir that will leave the bottle drained before you know it. Try it with turbot for a match of delicacy and richness.

Editorial Reviews

Snooth User: Gregory Dal Piaz
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Nicely balanced on the nose with apple, soft wood spice, sandy earth and light smoke tones. On the palate this is big and really fruit driven with a bit of butteriness up front but gets tense and lean on the back end with great purity to the apple and almost peachy fruit. Sinewy on the finish. 91pts


June 2009

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WS 91pts. - W&S 91pts. - According to the Wine Spectator: Crisp and tightly wound, with sleek pineapple, melon and green apple notes that are firm, focused and full-bodied. This is most impressive on the finish, where the flavors are juicy. Drink now through 2013. - Tasting Notes - Burgundian in sensibility but with California style is one way of describing Jim Clendenen's Chardonnays- Structure and restraint melded with bountiful opulence is another. In the glass, buttery brioche marries with tropical fruits in an irresistible elixir that will leave the bottle drained before you read more...


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Burgundian in sensibility but with California style is one way of describing this Chardonnay; structure and restraint melded with bountiful opulence is another. In the glass, buttery brioche marries with tropical fruits in an irresistible elixir that will leave the bottle drained before you know it. Try it with turbot for a match of delicacy and richness.


 

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Wine Tasting NotesBurgundian in sensibility but with California style is one way of describing Jim Clendenen's Chardonnays- Structure and restraint melded with bountiful opulence is another. In the glass, buttery brioche marries with tropical fruits in an irresistible elixir that will leave the bottle drained before you know it. Try it with turbo for a match of delicacy and richness.


January 2009

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Snooth User: thewineattic
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How can anything be bad from this winery. Always the best of the best wine from the best of the best vineyards. This winemaker is internationally known and makes outstanding Central Coast Wines.


June 2009

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Snooth User: blog4wine
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color-yellow gold; nose-butter&stone fruit; mouth-pineapple&toasted cream; finish-long; buy it age it share it.


July 2009

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