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90
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89/100
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Taster #8564
· May 13, 2017
89/100
Bright acidity on this wine -- nice for a fairly big California Chardonnay. Bright but clean fruit, subtle oak, some lemon and tree fruit in the flavors. Very good.
2011 vintage
Taster #0826
· Feb 12, 2016
Delish! Rich and flavourful. A food wine. 14.5% $22 for half bottle.
2011 vintage
Taster #8342
· Nov 26, 2015
86/100
Rich buttery Chardonnay. Great depth of flavour and persistency. Just felt a little flabby after 2nd glass.
2011 vintage
Taster #3793
· Nov 6, 2015
88/100
P n P. Rich, oakey Californian Chardonnay. Needs more time--maybe a year or two to soften the oak bite. For now, only very good, but I can imagine this improving. Hold.
2011 vintage
Taster #3995
· Jul 13, 2015
92/100
Slow o'd for an hour, and followed a small glass over about 1.5 hours. I liked that this wine showed some restraint - for a Ramey. Great balance of fruit, oak, acidity and minerality. It does drink like a sunshine state Chardonnay, and yet remains well balanced. Butterscotch on the mid-palate followed by a lot of acid on the finish. It's interesting that I've enjoyed the 2008 and 2011 RRV's more than the supposed "good" years.
2011 vintage
Taster #0826
· Jun 13, 2015
Folks, what do you think might be the end of the drinking window for the half bottle? I'd like to accurately label it now for quick future reference in my bodega. Average end of drinking window of all vintages through 2012 is six years, i.e. 2017. But that's for the full bottle. Perhaps I should drink up this year? Thanks!
2011 vintage
Taster #7530
· Jun 11, 2015
Corked.
2011 vintage
Taster #3487
· May 19, 2015
90/100
Did not meet my expectations. Some decent flavor profiles & good nose but overall seemed a bit disjointed and all over the place.
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Taster #8564
· May 1, 2015
90/100
Bright, rich, silky Chardonnay with oak complexity layered on deep fruit. Oak was a bit strong at this point; could use a couple more years, but good now as well.
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Taster #0902
· Dec 29, 2014
90/100
Very nice nose of butter, yellow apples, honey, accacia... nice acidity, yellow and green apples, hint of greeness 92/100 nose and 88/100 taste
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Taster #3647
· Dec 20, 2014
91/100
Big , well oaked, deep, apples ,tropical fruit, decent finish. Pulled from restaurant list
2011 vintage
Taster #3858
· Nov 13, 2014
87/100
Decent chardonnay. I think most California in style of the Ramey wines. Big acidity, oak, vanilla with decent finish. In the end I didn't think it was anything special.
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Taster #8820
· Oct 29, 2014
91/100
This wine is coming into its own now but will still evolve for years. I can't keep my hands off it though. My opinion, I think Ramey uses oak in the most graceful way.
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Taster #0912
· Oct 29, 2014
91/100
Big rich chard nose has baked apple, tropical notes, and flinty mineral. Palate is full bodied with rich fruit but mouth puckering acidity to provide tension and balance. Nice textural layers between the round fruit and cutting acidity. Flavor complexity too with primary fruit, citrus and wet rocks. Long flavor filled finish. This is a great value and example of a forward and rich, yet balanced RRV chard. Certainly delicious now and unlikely to get markedly better.
2011 vintage
Taster #6171
· Oct 23, 2014
More lactic than the sonoma coast, with a richer palate as well. Still very crisp and clean on the palate. Dutton and Rochioli fruit here, and momre tropical flavors there for. And some of the Woolsey Road Vineyard. Great Chardonnay at $40 or so.
2011 vintage
Taster #3435
· Sep 18, 2014
Tart
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Taster #0315
· Aug 23, 2014
90/100
- Yellow gold color.
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Taster #6505
· Aug 7, 2014
88/100
Belvedere @ the Padre hotel in Bakersfield, CA Pale green-gold, medium body, Oak, honey melon, pineapple, wet slate Full bodied white, medium+ finish, nuttiness, malic-acid is very present. New World white. Not quite my style, but hits the spot with the potato crusted trout Good food pairing wine.
2011 vintage
Taster #9318
· Jun 26, 2014
Ramey Tasting (Bin 75) : Pale yellow green; brighter, acid, butterscotch, lemon, green apple, butter; larger, structured, acidic blast and good body to support, sweet tart fruit on the finish; good.
2011 vintage
Taster #1293
· Jun 24, 2014
First impression is that it brought back an early childhood memory of licking a stick of margarine. Lots of body and butter with some decent acidity. Fruit is there but not the main show. Not going to rate this one as it is clearly not my preferred style of wine.
2011 vintage
Taster #8820
· Jun 13, 2014
89/100
Very pretty nose of ripe apple and pear, noticeable oak. Well balanced with good crisp acidity and a nice light mouthfeel. This is young and needs a little time to integrate and fill out. Ok now will be better in a year.
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Taster #9015
· Mar 10, 2014
87/100
Honeydew melon, citrus and bananna notes lead to lighter style of early drinking Chardonnay that ends with a light citrus finish.
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Taster #6290
· Nov 2, 2013
91/100
Winery tasting. Lighter bodied, medium straw color. Made using malolactic fermentation.Aromas and flavors of crisp, spicy apple, and butter. Slightly richer than the Sonoma Coast bottling, but still relatively lean given the cooler vintage, Good balance and nice mouthfeel that leads to a long satisfying finish
2011 vintage