Truchard, Chardonnay, Los Carneros

Truchard · California › Los Carneros › United States of America

White · Chardonnay
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LWIN 1300736
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89 /100
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Taster #5355 · Dec 25, 2025
91/100
Excellent well made Chardonnay. Carneros fruit from Truchard equals a great wine-enjoy.
2020 vintage
Taster #5726 · Aug 5, 2025
85/100
Very good. Yellow in color. Fresh cut lumber on the nose. Lemon flavors. Lacks the butter I like but refreshing nonetheless.
2023 vintage
Taster #9331 · May 21, 2025
91/100
Really nice. My perfect blend of citrus, vanilla, and a little cream that combine into a beautiful butterscotch finish. We’ve been drinking this for years and it’s always good.
2023 vintage
Taster #0553 · Dec 25, 2024
90/100
Nicely balanced chardonnay with great fruit and mild oak.
2023 vintage
Taster #4414 · Sep 1, 2022
92/100
Wonderful Chardonnay that shows how good Napa chard can really be when everything is in balance. Yes, it’s oaked, and yes, it has some malo going on here, but it’s done with restraint, resulting in a wonderfully complex wine that has ample ripe fruit, creamy notes, silky mouthfeel, and a long finish with some wonderful French oak lingering for a good 30 seconds. When any one of these things are overdone, you end up with a rombauer style mess, but …
2020 vintage
Taster #1350 · May 29, 2022
88/100
A crisper version of a modern Chardonnay than I am used to. Frankly the aromatics are hard to find. I suppose I get pineapple over any oaked note. In mouth the flavors excel as peaches and sweet pineapple dominate. The finish is drying and appears a little unbalanced with acidity beggining to dominate.
2020 vintage
Taster #6589 · Apr 8, 2022
91/100
Delicious Chardonnay from Truchard. Wonderful mouthfeel and great flavor.
2020 vintage
Taster #9331 · Mar 13, 2022
92/100
I’ve been drinking this every year for a while. This is a lovely vintage. Primary fruit flavors are citrus - mainly lemon. They are muted when it’s too cold. It’s oaky and buttery but I wouldn’t characterize either one as overwhelming. If that’s your thing, it’s really nice. Might want to give it a little longer in the bottle. Edit in October 2022: it’s drinking beautifully right now. The elegant oak gives a gorgeous butterscotch note which lingers on the …
2020 vintage
Taster #0492 · May 6, 2016
88/100
Easy drinking wine - not overly concentrated with nice tropical fruits and some melon. The profile is balanced and fairly flat with consistent combo of bright and rich fruit sustained through a mdium length finish.
2010 vintage
Taster #7424 · Aug 8, 2015
90/100
Let each sip lead you to bargain-ville An amazing wine in the $20 range. Vibrant golden color; honey and general freshness on the nose; full bodied but still good sharp acidity with tropical fruits primarily and lemon flavors.
2011 vintage
Taster #7208 · Jan 26, 2015
89/100
Nice Cali Chardonnay. A touch more oak than I generally prefer. Clean stone fruit and melon flavors with soft minerality Nice finish.
2010 vintage
Taster #0935 · Jan 22, 2015
90/100
Nice buttery orchard fruit with coconut and citrus undertones. Apple and tropical fruit flavors. Still showing on the youthful side.
2010 vintage
Taster #8620 · Mar 28, 2014
91/100
Honey on the nose; toast, peach, and pear on the palate, with a creamy finish. Great balance, with food or by itself after dinner.
2011 vintage
Taster #4760 · Mar 24, 2014
92/100
Tasted this early last year with Anthony Truchard at a wine pairing dinner in Aurora, IL. We bought a bottle then, and very much enjoyed it a year later. Very Good. Creamy, a little buttery, a little oak, good fruit.
2011 vintage
Taster #2013 · Oct 31, 2013
91/100
Happy Halloween! This is scary good wine...(you can tell my wife wanted to write this review!) Seriously, a really nice CA chard with a lite touch of oak - more fruit than butter.
2011 vintage
Taster #0935 · Sep 27, 2013
90/100
Pale yellow with a noticeable green tint. Aromas of vanilla, coconut, freshly-shucked corn and green apple with a buttery undertone. Flavors of green apple, coconut and vanilla. Obvious oak, but it's used well and there is plenty of fruit to support it. Still youthful.
2010 vintage
Taster #5949 · Jul 31, 2013
90/100
A very nice balance of creaminess and freshness. There's some butter in there, but it's balanced nicely with crisp acidity. This should please all types of Chardonnay lovers.
2011 vintage
Taster #2013 · Jun 5, 2013
91/100
great chard!!
2011 vintage
Taster #4885 · May 23, 2013
89/100
Melon, marzipan and honeysuckle nose. Melon, spice and slightly burnt marzipan on the palate with a good balance of oak and acidity. There is a lot here to like especially at this price point. Great match this evening for maple-glazed grilled pork chops.
2010 vintage
Taster #5081 · Mar 28, 2013
91/100
Opened by Allred at Anvil Club. This had very nice tropical notes with a deft touch of oak. Nice.
2010 vintage
Taster #0935 · Mar 28, 2013
90/100
Opened at dinner with M/M and Miss TLV. Pale color with aromas of coconut, apple, tropical fruit, marshmallow and vanilla. Medium bodied, with flavors of apple and tropical fruit with a nice toasty char. Plenty of oak, but nicely balanced by the fruit I think.
2010 vintage
Taster #6171 · Mar 18, 2013
Darn these wine have become better over the years. Here big Cali fruit but fresh and vibrant acidity. Very well done, especially at its price.
2010 vintage
Taster #0935 · Sep 29, 2012
90/100
4th Saturday Brown Bagger (Our house) : Softened bouquet of tropical fruit, coconut and mineral; toasted overtones. Flavors of stone, coconut, banana, vanilla cream and toast with good underlying acidity. Everyone guessed CA Chard.
2010 vintage
Taster #0935 · Sep 12, 2012
91/100
Truchard Tasting w/Anthony Truchard (Gibby's Wine Den, Geneva) : In barrel for about ten months. Greenish tint. Notes banana, pineapple, hazelnut and tropical fruit with a lovely toasty overtone. Rich texture, with hazelnut, pear brandy, banana and coconut with a subtle toast quality in the midpalate and finish. Good acidity with a lengthy finish. 91+ pts.
2010 vintage
Taster #1019 · May 25, 2012
89/100
Very well-balanced, medium-balanced chardonnay. Moderate oak. Goes perfectly with seared scallops.
2010 vintage
Taster #5276 · Mar 10, 2012
88/100
Giant Wine Sale & Tasting 3/10/2012 (Cellar on Greene, Columbia, SC) : This is real Chardonnay. Estate grown and vinified, these people have had a generation learning how to bring out the flavors and aromas of these grapes. This is an excellent hillside site, greatly influenced by the coolness of the Carneros region. The use barrel fermentation to help bring out some richness and softness. I especially enjoy the brown spice, and molasses flavors they achieve from barrel fermentation.
2010 vintage
Taster #2546 · Aug 20, 2009
87/100
Mid-'80s Cabernet Blindtasting Dinner (Rosewood Sand Hill, Menlo Park, California) : Medium golden yellow color; creamed corn, butter and baked lemon nose; ripe, creamed corn, tart lemon palate; medium finish
1994 vintage
Taster #7280 · Sep 5, 2003
87/100
Light color, notes of spiced apples on the nose. Lemon, creme brulee, and apple pie give way to slate on the finish. Oak is present, but not overpowering on this lighter-than-usual California Chardonnay.
1998 vintage
Taster #0553 · Dec 24, 2000
80/100
Pleasant, yet disappointing in its lack of fruit, good with fish dinner
1998 vintage