Pahlmeyer, Chardonnay, Sonoma Coast

rich, past prime, still enjoyable

2017 vintage

oxidized

2017 vintage

Unbelievable, cotton candy, butter scotch, apple, and long finish

2006 vintage

My last bottle of this vintage. Great depth. Stone fruits, honeysuckle, Meyer lemon.

2017 vintage

Delicious Chardonnay with peach, pear, brioche and melons flavors.

2017 vintage

Opened and partially consumed on Tuesday night but recorked and finished on Thursday night. What a difference a few days made as this improved from my initial impression of 90 or so points to the final rating of the 94 posted here. Stone fruit and tropical notes with hazelnut on the finish. The buttery oak was still present but not dominant. I don't think there is any hurry here.

2017 vintage

Crushingly disappointed. Cork failed. Wine was flat, caramel colored and oxidized.

2017 vintage

Tastes like a Marcassin. Pear, baked apples and brioche

2017 vintage

Wow, the nose is really pronounced with lots of flint and hay. Some dried green apples and pear come to mind and the malo butter and oak do dominate the palate.

2017 vintage

Very successful wine for the vintage. Rich for sure with tropical notes and baked apple. Balanced nicely with fresh acidity and a long lingering finish.

2017 vintage

Medium hazy yellow; rich nose of buttercups; very rich buttery taste and exotic fruit well held up with sufficient and well-balanced acidity; rich and plentiful, almost too hefty, but manages to steer clear of this; typical rich American Chardonnay (with right level of acidity), typical Pahlmeyer; clearly good and in your face

2017 vintage

A full, floral, buttery, oaky nose. Exactly the same on the palate. 30+ second finish. Massively full Chardonnay.

2017 vintage

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2006 vintage

Perfectly ripe, just at a perfect maturity stage. Still intense, dense, long and rich but no notes of oxidation. Lemon peel, butter, great stuff

2006 vintage

I am not a Chardonnay fan. Usually much too sweet and buttery for my palate. But this is truly outstanding. Beautiful minerality. Layers of ripe crisp fruit. Peach grapefruit apple and very light butter and smoked nuts. 20 plus second finish. My lord this is tasty complex and worth the purchase. More in line with french white whites than napa.

2017 vintage

One of our absolute best! Never disappoints. Definitely needs to come more into room temperature to enjoy the complex flavors of the wine.

2017 vintage

Still drinking well.

1997 vintage

Medium golden colour. Pronounced nose with pear, white peach, grapefruit, white flowers, butter, cream, honey and toast. Pronounced taste of pear, white peach, grapefruit, butter, cream, toast, charred wood and honey. Long and dry finish. High acidity. Full body. A good Californian Chardonnay. Goes well with cheese, fish or shellfish.

2017 vintage

Cellar Night at Binnys South Loop (Chicago, IL) : Toasted oak.

2017 vintage

Winebar [2 Rosés, 2 Whts, & 8 Reds] from 09/13/19 + 8 Shared Bottles (Vintage Wines Ltd., San Diego, CA) : "100% Chard, harvested September 2 - 13, 2017, from the Pahlmeyer Estate & Antica (Atlas Peak) Vyds; Picked during the cool of the night & each cluster was inspected & hand sorted at the winery before being gravity fed into the bladder press. The juice settled in s/s tanks for 24 hrs. After rigorous inspection, we racked the finest …

2017 vintage

Paid $74.99. An excellent chardonnay. Full bodied with a smooth buttery taste. At the same time compared it to a Hansel Alyce Chardonnay 2016 paid $36.00. The Pahlmeyer is the better wine. But the Hansel had the same full bodied buttery taste, but with a tart after taste. Smoother is better. I will give Hansel a 95. Tasted both the next day, both excellent wines.

2017 vintage

Nice, well balanced, medium oak, buttery Chardonnay

2017 vintage

Excellent Chardonnay. Definitely California style but not too heavy. Wonderfully balanced. Just enough wood. Middle weight. Delicious. Would buy again.

2017 vintage

Dream Big - California Wine Tasting (Stockholm, Sweden) : Oak but not too much, aromatic, butter, nutty, lemon zest, medium body, medium acid, lingers.

2017 vintage

Opened this with low expectations given its age. Wow, were we surprised -- still delicious and drinking nicely. A hint of honey with lush tropical fruits. Don't wait, but if you have a bottle still in your cellar it's worth trying.

1997 vintage

Wow....7+ years have passed since I last drank this. Light straw gold. Super. Sophisticated. Oddly, fried bacon on the nose and then some more familiar lemon. Palate is beautifully rounded pebbles and some honeysuckle and lemon the back end. Heady and reverberant on the finale. Very good indeed and consistent across every vintage. One of my real favourite Napa Chardonnays. No rush to drink this....and I have possibly underscored it.

2006 vintage

Kleur: Medium stro geel, opvallend licht voor een rijpe Napa-Chardonnay Aroma / bouquet: Verfijnd en complex bouquet. Meerdimensionaal. Boenwas, een subtiel vleugje vanille, overrijpe banaan. Smaak / Afdronk: Prachtige, gerijpe Chardonnay. Beperkte zuurgraad, dik-sappig en filmend mondgevoel. Geweldig mooie rijpheid. Een finale van bananensnoepjes. Algemeen / potentieel: Bijzondere Napa-Chardi, een van mijn favorieten! 50 + Kleur: 5 + Aroma / bouquet: 12 + Smaak / Afdronk: 17 + Algemeen / potentieel: 8 = 92/100 Google Translate: I] Color: Medium straw …

2006 vintage

Past its prime, but still enjoyable.

1997 vintage

The wine is popped and chilled before pouring. At 14.9% ABV, the wine pours a light golden hue with very thick legs. Upon pouring, the concentration of the nose is very apparent. The bouquet consists of lemon oil, honeysuckle, apricot cream, vanilla, hazelnut and a touch of mint. The strength of the alcohol flexes itself as soon as it hits the tongue, bringing with it a flash of heat on the palate. This brings about flavors of more vanilla cream, …

2006 vintage

Despite suggestions to the contrary, the window for this wine remains open. Sorry to have consumed my last bottle last night. Beautifully mature golden color, clean citric flavors, burgundian in nature, just a great Cal. chardonnay, as revelatory to me today as when I first tasted about fifteen years ago.

1997 vintage

Exceptional. Intense yellow, fully integrated minerality with sufficient acid remaining. Unlikely to improve, but no decline from its peak yet either. 92+

2006 vintage

from memory...it was showing very well, only slight oxidation which added to the overall look and feel of the wine. still somewhat rich and fat, but in a good way. i would definitely buy again!

1997 vintage

Bright gold, hint of rust. This is big, in a good way. Toasty, leesy, yeasty nose. Full bodied with buttery flavors and textures. Exudes lush and complex elements of tropical fruit, coconut, banana, candied pear, toast, and vanilla. This has excellent balance, great mouthfeel, refreshing acidity, and finishes with a pleasant mineral-laden note. Outstanding.

2006 vintage

This bottle was showing its age a bit more than earlier bottles, but still a lovely wine. A little bit musty...maybe just a hint of TCA?

1997 vintage

Very typical Napa style chardonnay; Very rich nose

2006 vintage

Another excellent Chardonnay from Pahlmeyer. Big, rich, unctuous, with a slightly green cast to its pale yellow. Not overblown and not unbalanced with oak. A very enjoyable wine still going strong.

2006 vintage

Every time I open one of these I do so with trepidation, as I keep expecting them to be OTH. Not even close! Consistent with earlier notes. Always a treat.

1997 vintage

Outstanding and such a pleasant surprise. Can't argue the other TNs that this is a quintessential Cali oak/fruit bomb, but who cares? The oak is perfectly integrated, the fruit is lush, complex, and balanced, and everything lingers beautifully. What a treat.

2006 vintage

An amazing Chardonnay. Hard to beat.

2006 vintage

Big bruising California chard. Nothing held back on the tropical fruit explosion. tons of mouth feel with an abundance of mineral flavors. Butter and Oak. not for chablis drinkers...

2006 vintage

Just a gorgeous CA chardonnay, one that really showcases what is possible with well-made wines in CA. Butterscotch, hint of toasted oak, some lemon custard, still some lingering minerality. I've had quite a few over the past year and all of them have been in great shape. No need to rush through them if you still have bottles.

1997 vintage

This was a wonderful wine. Golden hue with lemon and pear on the balanced palate.

1997 vintage

Another nice experience, but it wasn't my bag, baby. It's not that it was bad. Golden color, muted tropical fuits with a bit of coconut. balanced but not lively. Different. Impressive finish though.

1997 vintage

California chard that goes to the brink of buttery/malo without going over the edge. Golden and honey hued.

2006 vintage

Big rich California chard. Just enough butter but not too much.

2006 vintage

You have to like a full bodied CA chard to like this wine. Oak on the front with lots of vanilla, pear and quince. Full mouth feel and long finish, but enough acidity to not have it cloying. Delicious. Definitely worth a repeat.

2006 vintage

Head to head blind against Napa Valley stars like Rohioli and Peter Michael, this wine was a stunner. Bind, L'order Mondiale tasting. Best of 8. Oak hit on the nose, but fades to fruit, white grape, unripe pear, nicely balanced, good oak, gorgeous finish -- terrific food wine or on its own.

2006 vintage

Big wood note on the front. The fruit does come through in a rather heavy duty nutty tone. Fun stuff if you like the style, a bit hot on the back. At $70 I want something more than this though.

2006 vintage

Magnificent chardonnay. Oaky but not too much with a hint of citrus. Great mouthfeel on the finish. One of the best chards I've had.

2006 vintage

This is a perfectly serviceable "big" Cali chard - super ripe, oaky, etc. Not offensive, but pretty generic. Lots of better ways to spend 70 bucks, IMO.

2006 vintage

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