2017 Freeman Chardonnay Ryo-fu

Community Tasting Notes (6) Avg Score: 90.4 points

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  2/5/2024 - nzinkgraf wrote:

  Lemon and vanilla cream palate. Smooth drinking. Oak is receding. Some oak felt on the finish still, but well placed. New world, but not too generous.

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  11/23/2021 - prasm Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Consumed over 2 days (vacuvined and refrigerated), note from day 2 (on Kauai). Appearance: Clear, medium lemon. Nose: Clean, medium intensity with developing aromas of lemon peel, pineapple, mango, and acacia with subtle hints of buttered bread and wet stone. Palate: Dry, medium+ acid, medium+ body with a wonderful creamy mouth-feel, medium alcohol - 14.1 %, medium intensity with flavors of apricot, pineapple, lemon peel, and wet stone with a long finish. Very good to outstanding wine with great balance, length and complexity. Can drink now, with an hour or two of air, or cellar for 3-5 years.

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  9/6/2020 - djarcara wrote: 90 Points

  Perfumed nose. Golden color. Full body. Young and primary. Flavors of pineapple, lemon, with a touch of butterscotch. There is also a pronounced underlying minerality giving a lovely elegance to this wine. Definitely in the Burgundian direction. Needs another 3 years before it hits its stride and may have another 10 years after that.

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  6/30/2020 - bavaur wrote: 93 Points

  Really enjoyable and a definite departure from the traditional RRV style Chardonnay. Ryo-fu translates to ‘cool breeze’ and it’s a great description. I didn’t find this very full bodied at all (despite the very dark colour) the nose is initially fresh and lively (almost in a Riesling style) and the body is equally fresh with some green apple and then a deeper, more traditional finish with a little bit of nut, vanilla and stone fruit. Curious to see how this ages but it is drinking brilliantly now.

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  6/20/2020 - short and confused wrote: 88 Points

  Very full bodied alcoholic chardonnay. There was some good acidity and nice tropical fruit but alcohol and phenols overwhelmed me a bit. A bit heavy handed and out of balance for me. I did not find this had me going back for another sip.

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