Patz & Hall Hudson Vineyard Chardonnay (Carneros)

Ficha técnica

Tipo

White

Uva

Chardonnay

País

United States

Região

Carneros · Napa-Sonoma

Denominação

Carneros

Corpo

full

Acidez

high

Doçura

dry

Safras avaliadas

• 201594 pts

  This is a highly perfumed and floral wine from the famous site, which is tangy and slightly tart within a medium-bodied frame. Lemon and baked apple play off each other with ease, as a metallic edge of stony minerality persists and expands.

• 201495 pts

  This is the kind of wine that might leave you speechless, it's so good, so complex and so well made. The tenth vintage from this marquee vineyard site, it shows dark-golden color and pungent toasted-oak aromas, with a touch of petrol. Smooth and nearly full bodied, it celebrates…

• 201392 pts

  From a three-acre block of a fantastic vineyard known for powerful finesse, this offers characteristic intensity, a fleshy, tropical pineapple and guava sensibility that makes the wine rich and thick. A buoyant acidity maintains freshness and focus, and a well-built structure sh…

• 201294 pts

  There's a lemony leanness to this exquisite wine, from one of the most esteemed vineyards in its region, a site the producer has worked with for more than 20 years. Balanced, it opens with inviting aromas of white flowers and orange peel before delving into complex layers of fre…

• 201191 pts

  This Chard is rich yet crisply acidic and complex. Shows plenty of new French oak, but wears it well, with the pineapple, mango, honeysuckle and mineral flavors standing up. Delicious now, and will hold in the bottle for 4–5 years.

• 201087 pts

  With its flavors of butterscotch, vanilla, pineapple and peach jam, this is a rich wine that will appeal to fans of creamy, oaky Chardonnays.

• 200993 pts

  The reason why this winery scores so well, year after year, in Chardonnay is because the production team knows how to get maximum ripeness out of the grapes, while maintaining an integrity of structure. The '09 Hyde exhibits this quality. It's fantastically rich in oranges, apri…

• 200890 pts

  There are masses of pineapple, apricot, orange and green apple fruit in this Chardonnay, accented with strong Carneros acidity. Quite a good wine, but once you get past the flavors, it falls off in interest. Could be a rare Chardonnay sleeper. Try giving it 2–3 years in the cell…

• 200792 pts

  A very good, delicious Chardonnay that's easy to drink, and whose richness suggests shrimp, scallops, lobster and similarly rich fare. Dry and crisp in acidity, it wows with pineapple marmalade, crème brûlée, buttered toast, vanilla, honeysuckle and mineral flavors, brightened w…