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#390253 - 07-14-2019 18:15:33 2014 Bevan Chardonnay Ritchie Vineyard
Marc Hanes Offline
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Registered: 12-13-2000 08:00:00
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Loc: Maplewood, NJ
Bevan Cellars
Russian River Valley, California
Ritchie Vineyard
Chardonnay
2014
$63.99
14.6%
Dull, pools into the glass with a day-glo greenish yellow cast, flat rims. Big, blowzy nose of ripe apricot, peach fruit, floral musk, caramel and vanilla fudge, heavily oaked, not much else there, has to be wiped out of your nostrils in order to stop smelling it. Full-bodied, first up is mint and rose water. The oak starts out toasty and eventually gets creamier with more butterscotch emphasis. Moments of orange cream popsicle. Very ripe pear, apricot, peach to pineapple fruit yet not excessively sweet. Hot and tends to unravel by the finish, might have been better during the first year bottled.
87 points

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#390261 - 07-16-2019 11:01:23 Re: 2014 Bevan Chardonnay Ritchie Vineyard [Re: Marc Hanes]
Bob Davis Offline
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Registered: 12-13-2000 08:00:00
Posts: 4748
Loc: Steeler Nation
"has to be wiped out of your nostrils in order to stop smelling it"

Marc,
That's pretty funny. Given that I think Russell makes a pretty decent Sauvignon Blanc, I'm surprised that's how this Chardonnay turned out.

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