Businesses: Claim This Page
Do you work for this winery?

Snooth offers wineries and merchants the chance to manage their presence on Snooth. If you work for Matanzas Creek Winery or have an affiliation with them, click here to learn more.

Matanzas Creek Chardonnay 2005

In Stock:

Buy it

2005 Vintage

23.99 USD

Marketview Liquor

United States

Buy it

2005 Vintage

22.45 USD

Empire Wine (Capital Wine & Spirits)

United States

Buy it

2005 Vintage

29.99 USD

Grapes of Norwalk

United States

Buy it

2005 Vintage

27.99 USD

Tewksbury Fine Wine and Spirits

United States

Buy it

2005 Vintage

31.00 USD

Poemard Cellars

United States

View More
Matanzas Creek Chardonnay (2005)

View Larger

Snoothrank: What is SnoothRank?
3.5 Star Rating

Starting at: $21.97
8 Reviews
Add a review

Winery:
Matanzas Creek Winery
Varietal:
Chardonnay
Region:
USA > California > Sonoma Valley
Type:
White Wine
Drink Dates:
Drink Now - 2011
UPC:
 

User Tags:  fruit, bitters, mineral, sophisticated, pome, caramel, subtle, round, velvet, unique 


Customers Also Bought



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

Tasting Notes :A top offering, the 2005 Chardonnay is a 23,500-case wine that enjoyed 95% malolactic fermentation as well as eight months in French oak (only 32% new). Smoke, lemon oil, white currant, white peach, hazelnut, and orange rind aromas jump from the glass of this 2005. It displays terrific fruit and purity, but little evidence of wood.

Explore

Learn more about and follow this wine's region, varietal, and its winery. Buy the best value wines from over 10,000 wine stores.

This wine's winery

This wine's region

This wine's varietal

Find other vintages of this wine:

Reviews

Source: Wine.com


A first glimpse of the wine reveals a pale, straw color, quite typical for a sophisticated Chardonnay. The firstnose brings a delicate blend of green apple, white peach, and acacia flower, with a surprising addition of theautumn fruits pear and quince. After a swirl, the second nose reveals a more mineral note of crushed stones, themark of an exceptional Chardonnay. The palate is round and velvety with a prolonged, flavorful finish of honeyand melon. There is also a unique and subtle hint of smoke, derived from basalt, an ancient ocean floor rockfound in Bennett Valley's soil. Although read more...


 

0

Was this helpful?

Helpful reviews are featured higher on the page.



Source: Wine.com


The Wine Advocate rating: 90


 

0

Was this helpful?

Helpful reviews are featured higher on the page.



Source: Wine.com


Wine Enthusiast rating: 90


 

0

Was this helpful?

Helpful reviews are featured higher on the page.



Wine Advocate
# 168

Rating: 90/100 - As reviewed in Wine Advocate # 168 on Dec-06


 

0

Was this helpful?

Helpful reviews are featured higher on the page.



Snooth User: eflash85
eflash85
1

No written review


December 2007

0

Was this helpful?

Helpful reviews are featured higher on the page.



Snooth User: Nonspect
Nonspect
5

No written review


March 2008

0

Was this helpful?

Helpful reviews are featured higher on the page.



Ratings Overview

Submit a rating or review

You Click to sign up or Log in

Your Rating

Help! What do I write?



must-have holiday gifts

Prev Next

Gifts for the Holidays

Prev Next

Wine for your holiday cheer

Prev Next

Exclusive wine clubs and gift cards


Sign up!

Sign up and receive Snooth's FREE emails about value wine picks and commentary from wine insiders.

Submit

Thanks for signing up!

Preview a recent email.



Suggested Recipe Pairings


Related Forum Posts



~ You may also enjoy reading ~

  • Cameron Hughes - Amazing Wines, Amazing Value

    Cameron Hughes - Amazing Wines, Amazing Value

    The classic model for wine sales includes not only the private domains, but also the often neglected negociant. Simply put a negociant buys wine to be resold under his or her...
  • A wine for every taste and budget

    A wine for every taste and budget

    There’s no rhyme or reason to this great assortment of wine, though they are all from the West Coast so that’s a start. What they all share is that they deliver both a great...
  • First Look - Cupcake Vineyards

    First Look - Cupcake Vineyards

    And to cap off the week we got a sneak peak at a new value brand called Cupcake Vineyards. The winemaker, Adam Richardson, stopped by with the wines and we had a chance to chat...
  • Join the ABcC Club!

    Join the ABcC Club!

    I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but all the cool kids have left that club and formed a new club. You should come and join us in the Anything But (crappy) Chardonnay Club!