2003 Chardonnay, Ritchie Vineyard, Russian River Valley

Publications

Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar

Author

Stephen Tanzer

Date

May/June 2006

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Review

Full bright yellow. Fresh apricot, lemon, toast, crushed stone, iodine and smoke on the highly nuanced nose. Velvety and saline on the palate, but with its complexity somewhat muted today by a whiff of reduction. But this chewy wine possesses superb concentration and length. Harmonious acids frame and extend the wine's sweet fruit.

Wine

2003 Chardonnay, Ritchie Vineyard, Russian River Valley

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