Winery Press
Awards, Ratings
& Reviews

2003 Reserve Chardonnay
90 Points - April / May, 2006 "Mango and peach aromas with note of oak and cinnamon. This is a well-extracted, creamy Chard with peach, honey and nutmeg flavors. Balanced finish delivers tropical fruit flavors." 2006 Pacific Rim International Wine Competition Gold Medal /Best of Class ($20 and above) 2006 Critics Challenge Wine Competition Gold Award Complex with good flavor. -- Ed McCarthy 88 Points - June 2006 "The color is a rich gold hue, while the nose offers a collection of apple, cinnamon, mineral and toast. This is a full-bodied and well-made wine, with baked-fruit flavors offset by spice and white pepper. Then it finishes creamy and sweet, highlighting toffee, caramel and vanilla. With proper weight and acids, it's balanced." 87 Points - May 15, 2006 "Bold style with lots of toast and almond notes leading the way for fig, pineapple and glazed pear flavors. Creamy finish." 2006 Edition An Excellent Wine Golden, luminous yellow. Wine of high aromatic profile, loquacious evolver of tropical fruits, honey, red fruits, flowers. The mouth doesn't bring up the rear, unctuous and acidic, textured and prolonged, explosively fruity. "It stands out" (CE); "good fruit, good palate length" (NG). 2006 Hilton Head International Judging and Competition Silver Medal November/December 2005 85 ($23) Deep straw-gold color. Buttery, oak driven aromas of orange, apricot, coconut and macadamia. Spicy, buttery oak, peach and pear in the mouth, and a slight bitterness from the wood element. This spent 12 months on the lees, with the lees stirred weekly for the first 8 months, then every two weeks thereafter. Rather dominated by the oak, but the underlying fruit offers good intensity and backbone. 2006 Monterey Wine Competition Bronze Medal 2006 Dallas Morning News Wine Competition Bronze Medal Return to Main Review Page		More information about this wine.