2003 Chardonnay, Ritchie Vineyard, Russian River Valley
Publications
Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar
Author
Stephen Tanzer
Date
May/June 2006
Award
93
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.
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