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Kongsgaard Chardonnay The Judge 2003

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2003 Vintage

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Winery:
Kongsgaard
Varietal:
Chardonnay
Region:
USA > California > Napa
Type:
White Wine
Drink Dates:
Drink Now - 2015
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User Tags:  oak, resinous, fruit, bottling, balance, citrus, meat, lemon, cult, caramel 


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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.

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Source: JJ Buckley
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There are only 100 cases of the 2003 Chardonnay The Judge (which debuted in 2002 and is named after his father). Representing the essence of Chardonnay, it is a bit weighty, revealing a liqueur of nectarine-like character along with all the other com... Robert Parker. A Chardonnay wine from California in USA. 2003 Kongsgaard Chardonnay The Judge 750ml


January 2009

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($175) Slightly deeper yellow than the 2004. Wild aromas of bacon fat and game. Superconcentrated but quite dry, with flavors of apple pie dough, cinnamon butter and smoked meat. Very little primary fruit to be found. This is hugely rich but today I find it almost too dry, with the minerality it displayed in barrel a year ago decidedly in the deep background.


 

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Rating: (98-100) - As reviewed in Wine Advocate # 157 on Feb-05


 

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Rating: 99/100 - As reviewed in Wine Advocate # 162 on Dec-05


 

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Rating: 99/100 - As reviewed by The Wine Advocate in Issue 162


 

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