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Score 90/100 · Stephen Tanzer, Vinous, May 2006

(15.5% alcohol; from Ritchie Vineyard) Healthy green-tinged yellow color. Ripe peach and nectarine perked up by flowers, minerals and citrus peel. Juicier in the mouth than the Napa Valley offering, with a strong nutmeg spiciness lifting the peachy fruit. I might have scored this wine even higher but for its very prominent oakiness, which gives the finish a faint bitterness today.

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Critic scores
92
92/100

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93
93/100

Robert Parker

90
90/100

Stephen Tanzer, Vinous

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93 points
Robert Parker
Score 93/100 · Drink 2005-2011, Robert Parker, Dec 2005

The 2004 Chardonnay Sonoma Coast is produced from the old Wente clone planted in the Ritchie Vineyard, which is certainly turning out to be a fabulous grand cru site whether the wine is made by Pahlmeyer, Marc Aubert, or others. Displaying plenty of orange rind, buttered pineapple, and leesy brioche notes, it is a seductive, sexy, full-bodied, heady wine with tremendous richness as well as good underlying acidity. Like so many Sonoma Coast Chardonnays, it reveals a greenish hue to the light gold/straw color, which usually signifies a potentially long life. This cuvee should keep for 4-6 years. (Release date 10/06) Tel. (707) 255-2321; Fax (707) 255-6786

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Pahlmeyer
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Chardonnay

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White

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Dry

Under the law of Hong Kong, intoxicating liquor must not be sold or supplied to a minor in the course of business. 根據香港法律,不得在業務過程中,向未成年人售賣或供應令人醺醉的酒類 。
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