Brewer-Clifton Mount Carmel Chardonnay, Sta Rita Hills, USA

克林頓焦糖山霞多麗干白葡萄酒

點(diǎn)擊次數(shù)：4032

The 2002 Chardonnay Mount Carmel Vineyard possesses buttery, hazelnut, peeled citrus, and popcorn notes. Powerful, broad, dense, and chewy, it is a beautifully textured, heady white that tastes like a French Batard-Montrachet. It can be drunk now or cellared for 10-12 years. One can’t say enough about this young team that is doing such spectacular work in Santa Rita Hills’ cool climate vineyards.Tel. (805) 452-5609

One of the few wines in this vertical that merited a lower score than initially received, the 2002 displays a honeyed, white corn and quince-scented nose, appeared more narrowly constructed than its siblings, and may have had a slight cork issue as the aromatics seemed muted/restrained for a Brewer-Clifton wine. Although it did not possess that extra dimension of excitement, it possesses a full-bodied, rich, honeyed style in the mouth. However, the aromatics seemed slightly off, and since no second bottle was available, I was unable to retaste it.