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2007 Chateau St Jean Chardonnay Belle Terre Vineyard
Chardonnay: 750ml
$22.99
points awarded:
WA 93Elizabeth Becker, JJ Buckley, March 2010
Starbright quality with glints of gold in the glass. On the nose, fruit aromas of ripe pear and yellow apple mix with fresh cream, sweet smoke and burnt sugar. Weighty in the mouth, but with a lovely fresh character and bright acidity. Juicy apple, white peach and sweet citrus flavors yield to a creamy texture mid-palete. Clean, lifted finish of apple skin and lemon oil.
93 points,
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, February 2010
The 2007 Chardonnay Belle Terre Vineyard was put through full malolactic fermentation, making it the most showy, flamboyant wine of this quartet. It also possesses impressive minerality as well as attractive notes of apricots, tropical fruits, mangoes, honeysuckle, and a subtle touch of hazelnuts. This delicious, medium to full-bodied 2007 should drink well for 2-4 years.
This winery produces some exceptional bargain-priced wines and consistently does an enviable job with Sauvignon Blanc, or as they call it, Fume Blanc. There has been a long legacy of top-notch Fume Blancs produced ever since veteran winemaker Richard Arrowood was fashioning the wines at Chateau St.-Jean in the 1970s. Chateau St. Jean produces four distinctive styles of Chardonnay. My favorites tend to vary with the vintage, and in 2007, the Belle Terre Vineyard came out on top.
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