Argyle, Nuthouse Chardonnay, Eola-Amity Hills

Very impressed and well balanced, drinking beautifully.

2008 vintage

Lemon curd and white flowers with a pronounced note of french oak and hazelnut. Soft and smooth with excellent acidity and a short finish. Still very fresh and vibrant. Tastes like a Willamette Chardonnay, just with too much oak.

2008 vintage

Twisted and poured, served with an Indian inspired soup. Lots of Meyer lemon, some wet stones/flint with the finish showing just a hint of lime. No butter, lots of acid. Drinking well.

2008 vintage

Thin, ended up using it for cooking.

2008 vintage

Extremely acidic, and slightly off flavor without much of a finish to speak of. I remember a better body when tasting at Argyle, and also a more consistent, bigger bodied product from different vintages of Nuthouse. Bummer.

2008 vintage

Perhaps my expectations were set to high by the salesman.... I love buttery-creamy-offdry-bit of vanilla-bit of citrus- well balanced chard. But I probably should talk about this wine. It was Not That. Over paid for what I thought I communicated clearly to the salesman what I wanted. We had a failure to communicate. Some men you just can't reach. So I got some " myeah-- it's not bad" chardonnay .

2008 vintage

Last bottle was 1 1/2 years ago. Lemon, citrus, light butter component. Good weight, plenty of zip from the acids. I appreciate this more today than my previous exposure to it.

2007 vintage

- Light gold color. It's unbalanced with a light/medium body. Narrow texture with a short finish - Not buttery, citrusy and definitely not a california style chardonnay. Better chilled than the slightest bit warm which makes it difficult on a hot day on the deck enjoying apps and drinks.

2008 vintage

Much better than fellow members reviews. Apple, butterscotch, chalk and minerals. Medium finish and very enjoyable. Drink now.

2007 vintage

Oregon Pinots (Gary's Place, Hudson, WI) : Light gold color. Drank 1 glass over 30 minutes. Really lovely earth on the nose, light oak, just a bit of butter, citrus, lemon, slightly nutty. The palate has a nice texture, lemon, citrus, cream, poised, medium finish. Some thought this was tropical, but it did not strike me as such.

2007 vintage

Starting to mature and in a very pretty way. Wet leaves and tobacco are starting to emerge behind the malo flavors and the tropical notes are sinking away.

2007 vintage

While I am generally out of step with the prevailing taste trends of the day, particularly when it comes to chardonnays, I was surprised at the negative reviews of this one. I got it at about 1/2 the list price, which might have helped, and I agree that the 92 points from Wine Advocate is generous, it is still a nice chard reminiscent of some of those from Rombauer. For $13, I'd certainly recommend to those who like the"old style" …

2008 vintage

meh. i expected much more from this producer. their PNs are excellent and the Nuthouse series of PNs is worthy of a reserve moniker. not so this Chardonnay I'm afraid. so timid as to be completely blank on the palate. almost watered down, it was a true disappointment.

2008 vintage

One of the worst wines I've ever had that didn't go down the drain. Very poor. I really expected more from Argyle, as I'm a huge fan of their sparklers.

2008 vintage

Light for a chard. I expected a bit bolder. However a nice easy afternoon drink.

2008 vintage

Twisted and consumed over 2+ hours. Pretty tight nose only a hint of nuts and honey with a bit of white flowers. On the palate it shows wet rocks, lemon, and more white flowers. Simple but seemed to like this more when it was cooler.

2008 vintage

Tropical flavors with passion fruit and mellon. Bit simpler than I would have exptected, not much finish

2008 vintage

Thin and bitter with little nose in first coupe of hours. Put aside and re-approached on day 2 and 3. Continued to improve in both nose and flavour. Never strong but much better than day 1 and seemed best only slightly chilled. Possibly needs some further maturation time.

2008 vintage

Still green around the gills and mostly clear, this exhibits a restrained nose of apple, pineapple, baked spices, honey & stone. Lots of stone fruit and lime sherbert flavors combine with a nutty, flinty finish, where the oak appears for the first time. Standard chardonnay green apple emerges as it warms. Medium-bodied, it's dry, somewhat creamy, yet with sharp acidic tang. Not sure where all the "butter bomb" comments are coming from, this is far more Burgundian in style than …

2007 vintage

Delightful surprise at wine group dinner at Two Chefs. Several members f the group pegged this for a white burgundy, including one guess at Clos des Mouches blanc. Wish I had gtiten more

2007 vintage

Nice mix of pineapple and pear but it tails off quickly on the finish. Definitely not full-bodied but still a nice effort. Probably could do better at this price point. I don't pickup the oak mentioned by Nutty08.

2008 vintage

Better than I expected given some of the reviews. Lacks the minerality of a top end Chard but is drinkable.

2008 vintage

Twisted and poured, served with dinner and consumed over 2+ hours. Nose shows pear, butter, honeysuckle. Taste has some more pear, lemon, minerals and as temp comes up butter but still has some crispy acids. Not a fan of buttery Chards but for some reasons, I liked this tonight.

2007 vintage

Good with shrimp and cream sauce. Very smooth.

2008 vintage

Great with shrimp and cream based sauce. Very smooth.

2008 vintage

All I could think of was that this tasted like an overly buttered piece of toast. That is not a good thing.

2007 vintage

Served a little warmer than I prefer. Has nice golden fruit, rather soft with pineapple, tropical fruit, and pear. The fruit is completely overwhelmed by strong bitter oak flavors with some heat. Awful, which is really a shame as there seems to be good fruit here. This is why people say they don’t like chardonnay.

2008 vintage

I have been pleased with this wine on previous occasions. However on this occasion it is a bit of a mess. I find it a heavy buttery wine in general, but it never really comes together. Today the flavors roll from fruity to heated, then oaky and a bit stale. No balance of flavors at all. That is to say that the wine is still drinkable but it has a hard time remaining interesting.

2007 vintage

The Oregon Wine Trail with Dave and Cathy; 5/9/2011-5/10/2011 (Dundee, Oregon) : Very light straw in color with a whiff of lemon. Lemon and quite a bit of sweetness, maybe not completely dry? There is a nice creamy feel to the wine. This is certainly not a cali butter bomb.

2007 vintage

Long time Argyle fan but this disappointed. Light yellow with a nice clarity. Faint nose and faint taste, almost water like. Some floral hints and I se the oak, but beyod that this was flat and uninviting.

2007 vintage

Citrus and tropical fruit aroma. Taste is vanilla, as well as a bit of the citrus. Really enjoyed the citrus/topical fruit mixture, but the vanilla impact was a bit too much for me to score this higher. I don't think I'd buy another at the price point, but it was enjoyable nonetheless.

2008 vintage

13.5% ABV if I recall correctly. Light gold in the glass. Aromas of nutty cereal and oak primarily on the nose. Maybe a suggestion of minerals. Medium bodied but with an unpleasant sense of balance and a taste that my wife referred to as "watery." I would agree it seems to be lacking in concentration. Not great, which for me is about an 85, and life's too short...

2007 vintage

Rich aroma of wood stain and vanilla, almost similar to some type of furniture store. The palate has a lot of maillard reactions going on and a bit of a diacetyl note, similar to werthers candy. Low acidity, a bit watery.

2007 vintage

Tried this alongside the 06 Chard and actually liked it better. We had them both with dinner and actually thought the '07 was a better food overall wine. By comparison, the '06 would have probably been better with hour d'vours (cheese, pate', etc.). Mild fruit and floral notes on the nose/palate, but nicely balanced. A year and a half more in bottle actually did this wine well.

2007 vintage

Pacific Northwest Tasting Trip, Day 5; 10/28/2010-11/11/2010 (Willamette Valley, Day 5) : This had a nice nose of pear and a little oak going on. The palate however seemed to show a little more oak than I prefer and the wife thought that there was a soapy characteristic present.

2007 vintage

Not too bad for a chardonnay, considering I'm not a big chardonnay fan. Aroma has a bit of a zest to it, almost like a light citrus. Taste has that buttery taste, along with some light peach and lychee taste.

2007 vintage

Willamette Valley Century Club (100 wines in a day)! : I wasn't into this... some woodsy funk on the nose, soft and mild on the palate, and lots of woodsy coconut on the finish. Not my style of Chard.

2007 vintage

The REAL Willamette Valley century club (100 wines at the wineries in 1 day) (Willamette Valley - Oregon) : It reminded me of butter, coconut and suntan lotion. Pretty heavy on the oak butter thing, which puts it right in line with the majority of cheap California Charonnays, and even in that respect this has nothing to set itself apart from the rest. Pretty boring overall.

2007 vintage

We don't drink a lot of Chardonnay so take this for what this is worth. Light color; just above silver. Nose has a light pear and honeysuckle. Taste is slightly tropical up front, nice and smooth in the middle, with a nice mineral lime component at the finish. Fair amount of acid carries through the finish yet there is an oily texture to it. Nice though I'm not sure about the QPR.

2007 vintage

bright acidic citrusy with some buttery oak on the finish

2007 vintage

More tropical flavor profile consistent with maloactic fermentation with some mineral complexity and oily texture.

2007 vintage

More tropical flavor profile consistent with maloactic fermentation with just a bitmineral complexity.

2007 vintage

Anxious to see how this changes with time. Lots of minerality and acidity balanced with some light honey on the palate. Aromas of pear, apple, and maybe spice.

2007 vintage

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