Sandhi, Santa Rita Hills Chardonnay, Sta. Rita Hills

Corked.

2015 vintage

Super, fresh, zesty and rich!

2015 vintage

Sooo good, almost mindboggling at this ”village” level. Still with drive in the acidity and that maritime / ouster shell minerality but now with riper yellow apples. Have gained some roudness as well. Even better after a night in the fridge.

2015 vintage

Really fine. Very much on the reductive spectrum. Struck match, lemon and lime, limestone. Real depth and surprising length. Decent acidity. Good concentration. Very good indeed.

2015 vintage

Not at all resembling Burgundy nor typical California Chardonnay, this straddles an in between line... enjoyable certainly, with a reductive quality, I don't think it will improve from here. Good with white rice and simple grilled chicken.

2015 vintage

P&P. very appealing bottle with reductive note. powerful yet balanced. long and smooth.

2015 vintage

Pours a medium straw yellow. The nose immediately leaps from the glass and has good complexity. Evidently showing notable reduction. The nose wafts struck match, flint, mint, candied lime peel, kaffir lime leaf, pear, and gravel pit. The palate is high acid, clean with very high acid, finishing on a slightly austere bitter lime pith note. Just a lovely wine.

2015 vintage

Strong on the nose - oxidized toasted notes, gasoline or petroleum, which didn’t blow off. Very little fruit. Doesnt suit our taste, overpowering savory and inorganic notes.

2015 vintage

Ditto previous notes. Addendum: Much better on day 2.

2015 vintage

89 on day one. 90 on day 2, when the fruit appears ,to balance the acidity and reductive notes. finishes a little hot. I like this style of California Chardonnay. Bone dry and somewhat austere, this wine shows promise of positive evolution.

2015 vintage

Or oak well balanced between mineral and fruit. Citrus comes through. Easy to drink went well with lobster salmon and while cooking. Very nice wine. Would buy again.

2015 vintage

Lovely wine, with good minerality, acidity and citrus driven fruit

2015 vintage

Atypical California Chardonnay. No residual sugar. Austere and mineral driven. Extreme reductive notes dominate the palate. I admit to being overly sensitive to this "matchstick" quality. Addendum: On days 2 and 3 the fruit emerges to balance the reductive quality. Now worth 2 more points.

2015 vintage

Atkin Chardonnay Comparative tasting (Lismore) : (Tasted Blind): Initial cordite and reductive characters segue into riper fruit on the nose of stone fruit and wood smoke - it reminded me of Dog Point but also had that linear feel on the palate of Santa Maria. The entry is mouth-cleansing with plenty of acidity and persistence. Fresh Granny Smith apples join a hint of lemon, giving vibrant excitement but leaving one feeling it is on the greener, early-picked style. I thought …

2015 vintage

A compelling wine that is almost like a stylistic caricature of what it wants to be (French) rather than the real thing. A textural wine, the acidity is rounded off a bit, but you get a pretty generous and leezy mid palate with some ginger and prickly spice. Not too much cream. I enjoyed it. Forced is not the right word, the best comparison I have is like a good Elvis impersonator.

2015 vintage

Tasted good but at the same time tasted extremely young. In fact it reminds me of some very young Chassagne Montrachet Village wine I've had in the past. Currently the wine is a bit disjointed at the moment and feel it needs more time for the oak to better integrate and to further tame the perception of acid. Lots of upside. Would try 5 years later.

2015 vintage

Light golden hue. Aromas of lemon peel, lees, white flowers, chalk, and a bit of smoke. With good acidity and absence of prominent new oak, it leans more to the Burgundian end of the spectrum than California. Made from a blend of fruit from Rita’s Crown and Bentrock Vineyards aged in 500 L barrels. 13% ABV.

2015 vintage

No formal notes. Stand by my earlier score. Delicious!

2015 vintage

Yellow gold. Hints of green flakes. Tropical nose. Caramely pineapple. Very round. Delicious! The wine looks yellow gold colored. There is no sediment in the bottle. It smells like melon, pineapple and medium toast. It tastes like pineapple and butterscotch. The body is medium/full. The wine has round texture. The wine finishes medium. The wine has medium acidity.

2015 vintage

Powerful new world chardonnay

2015 vintage

Really nice with smoke, fresh fruit and some butter. Energy, concentration, balance. Perhaps a bit more fat and less mineral than your standard Burg but definitively leaning old world in style. Good wine!

2015 vintage

Full, smoky, oaky nose. Rich apple. Roasted hazelnuts. Fresh acidity. Fullish, intense palate. Rich and youthful. Grape, toast, nutty and minerally flinty. Very appealing. Lacks some stuffing for really great. Very burgundian. Can be cellared further.

2015 vintage

Very Burgundian - pear and lactic notes, savory quality, so very interesting. Muriel says it drinks like old vine Grand Cru. Wow!

2015 vintage

Very impressive. Tasty fruit, complete acid, sensual body. Too distracted for better notes, so I’ll just have to buy another bottle and do my due diligence. $35 is a bargain.

2015 vintage

Medium body, medium acidity, a bit oaky should rest for a while

2015 vintage

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