Chardonnay!
WineChief presents...
Peter Michael 2002 Ma Belle -Fille Chardonnay = 5Attababys!
The best Chardonnay ever produced at the winery?
Winemaker, Luc Morlet
As featured in the upcoming Masters of Food & Wine!
Martinelli 2002 Charles Ranch Chardonnay! = 5Attababys!
Winemaker, Helen Turley
This may also may be the best Chardonnay ever created at Martinelli!
As featured in Sonoma Valley Wine Roads!
Marcassin, Talbott and Aubert top my list! As featured in
WineChief's Marcassin Tasting at the Master's of Food & Wine
and WineChief's Best Wines on the Market!
Domaine de
la Romanée-Conti Montrachet! =
7Attababys! The Best Chardonnay on the Planet? Wow! Indescribable
richness and depth of flavors! Mouthcoating fruit and soil that transends
Chardonnay!
The
Best Chardonnay on the Planet!
The Best Wine on the Planet!
Chris Miller of Wilson Daniels, Ltd. Importer
The wines of Domaine
de la Romanée-Conti
Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Echezeaux = 5Attababys!
Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Grands-Echezeaux = 5Attababys!
Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Romanée-St.-Vivant = 5Attababys!
Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Richebourg = 5Attababys!
Domaine de la Romanée-Conti La Tâche = 5Attababys!
Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Romanée-Conti = 7Attababys!
Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Montrachet = 7Attababys! The best wine I have ever tasted!
Gary of Beltramo's commenting on the wines!
Domaine
des Comtes Lafon tasting
at Beltramo's!
Michael Sullivan, Beaune Imports and Gary, Beltramo's.
This is the largest Domaine des Comtes Lafon
tasting I have ever had the pleasure of tasting!
An education in Chardonnay at it's best!
2000 Volnay Santenots-Du-Milieu
1999 Volnay Santenots-Du-Milieu
2000 Mersault
2000 Mersault-Clos De La Barre
2000 Mersault-Charmes
1999 Mersault
1999 Mersault-Clos De La Barre
1999 Mersault-Charmes
1996 Mersault
1996 Volnay Santenots-Du-Milieu
Michael Sullivan, Beaune Imports describing the wines! Wow, unbelievable unfined, unfiltered, biodynamic, organic naturally created Chardonnay! These wines are delicious now and when mature can produce wonderful flavors of caramel, honey and roasted hazelnuts!
That's the 2000 Montrachet on the table!
One of the very best Chardonnay on the planet and very, very rare!
I haven't seen Gary this happy in a long time!
Thank you Beltramo's and Beaune Imports for hosting this outstanding tasting!
Brewer-Clifton
2001 Sweeney Canyon Chardonnay
=
5Attababys! paired with Selection of Artisan Cheeses at the Sierra
Mar Restaurant at the Post Ranch Inn! Also, don't miss the Brewer-Clifton
2001 Melville Pinot Noir =
5Attababys! Steve
Clifton's, Palmina
2002 Alisos Vineyard Pinot Grigio and Palmina
2000 Stolpman Vineyard Nebbiolo
=
4Attababys! All the best of examples
of the grape varietal I have tasted from the Central Coast! Greg Brewer
is also the winemaker for Melville
Winery home of the famous Clone 115 Indigène Pinot Noir! The 2002
vintage may be the best yet! Get on the mailing list! As featured in WineChief's
Favorite Pinot Noir!, World of Pinot
Noir! and PinotFest A Public Tasting of a
Sexy Wine!
Talbott vs. Burgundy Blind Tasting presented by
The Henry Wine Group
and Rancho
Cellars August 21st, 2003!
Montrachet, Puligny Montrachet, Chassagne Montrachet vineyards explained described and highlighted on a large map of Burgundy by Ross and Hebert!
Robb Talbott describing the wines and telling his story of developing a pallette for White Burgundy as a teenager from tasting a lot of Chardonnay in Burgundy, France with his parents as he drove them from England to Italy to purchase fabric for the Talbott clothing line.
Passion just oozes out of this guy and his wines, by the way!
The wines!
1999 Montrachet Bouchard Pere & Fils
2000 Talbott Cuvee Audrey Diamond T Estate Unfined Unfiltered Chardonnay
2001 Etienne Sauzet Puligny Montrachet Les Combottes
1999 Talbott Diamond T Estate Chardonnay
1999 Etienne Sauzet Puligny Montrachet Les Hameau de Blagny
2000 Talbott Cuvee Cynthia Diamond T Estate Unfined Unfiltered Chardonnay
2001 Bernard Morey Chassagne Montrachet Les Embrazee (not pictured)
Chardonnay from France is higher in acidity, and may be better in 5 to 10 years.
My Favorite?
2000 Talbott Cuvee Audrey Diamond T Estate Unfined Unfiltered Chardonnay! Wow!
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Great wine is made in the vineyard!
WineChief's Best Wines on the Market!
Bravo to Rancho Cellars and The Henry Wine Group for conducting a great tasting!
An afternoon at Kistler
Vineyards with Mark Bixler, Vice President and Winemaker.
Great wine is made in the vineyard!
Kistler Vineyard Chardonnay is no exception! This is one of the most beautiful vineyards I have ever seen! Red soil, on the west slope of Mayacamas Mountains produces exquisite Chardonnay fruit!
Chassagne Montrachet barrels from Seguin Moreau for the Kistler Chardonnays!
Kistler Chardonnays, are unfined and unfiltered beautiful expressions of vineyard terroir.
Courtesy of Michael Berry, A sampling of Kistler Chardonnays. 1997 McCrea, 1998 Dutton Ranch, 1999 Durrell and the 2000 Les Noisetiers at the Kenwood Restaurant! Wow!
Perfect match with the Sweetbread Salad at the Kenwood Restaurant featured in WineChief's Sonoma Valley Wine Roads!
Thank you Mark! Cheers!
Williams Selyem 1990, 1991 Allen Vineyard Chardonnay = 5Attababys! The biggest California Chardonnay I have ever had the pleasure of tasting!
Aubert 2001 Sonoma Coast RitchieVineyard Chardonnay = 5Attababys! paired with Executive Chef, Mark Purdy's from the Dry Creek Kitchen - Yellow Tail Jack Sashimi with Dungeness Crab Timbale-Tempura Asparagus and Cucumber Consomme = 5Attababys! Wow!
As featured in WineChief's Master's of Food & Wine and WineChief's Best Wines on the Market!
Talbott 2000 Diamond T Estate Cuvee Audrey Unfined Unfiltered Chardonnay = 5Attababys! A special bottling from Talbott! Don't miss it! Wow! As featured in WineChief's Master's of Food & Wine and WineChief's Best Wines on the Market!
Michaud 1998 Michaud Vineyard =4Attababys! Tastes like Puligny Montrachet! Buy and drink now!
Montes Alpha 1998 Special Cuvee Chardonnay= 3Attababys! $12.99 This delicious wine has the fragrance of Pears and Honey. As it flows over your tongue it tastes of Pears, Coconut, Pineapple, and Honeysuckle with a beautiful balance of tannin, acidity and just a kiss of oak on the finish. It has a beautiful round mouth feel and a long finish. It tastes like it's from California, but it's from Chile! This wine does everything well. You will be challenged to find a Chardonnay from California for under $20.00 to even come close to this Chardonnay from Chile! To match it with Grilled Halibut! is stellar! As featured in WineChief's Recipes! As featured in WineChief's Top 25 Wines for $25 bucks!
Acme Fine Wines 707-963-0440 1104 Adams Street Suite 104 St. Helena, California 94574
All Seasons Wine Shop and Cafe 1400 Lincoln Ave. Calistoga, CA 94515 800-804-9463
Beltramo's 1540 El Camino Real Menlo Park, CA 94025 650-325-2806
Brown Derby 2023 S. Glenstone Springfield, MO. 65804 800-491-3438 417-883-4066
California Wine Merchant 3237 Pierce St. San Francisco, CA 94123 415-567-0646
DeeVine Wines Pier 19, The Embarcadero, San Francisco, CA 94111 1-877-DVW-WINE (1-877-389-9463)
Draeger's 222 E. 4th Avenue San Mateo, CA 94401 650-685-3725 1010 University Drive Menlo Park, CA 94025 650-688-0682 342 First Street Los Altos, CA 94022 650-948-4425
Golden West 2443 Fillmore St. #376, San Francisco, CA 94115 415- 931-2300 800- 722-7020 e-mail: goldwest@wco.com
Grapevine 1389 Lincoln Avenue San Jose, Ca 408-293-7874
Hi-Time Wine Cellar 250 Ogle Street Costa Mesa, CA 92627 800-331-3005 949-650-8463
Joseph George 1559 Meridian Ave. San Jose, CA 408-448-WINE
K&L Wines 3005 El Camino Real Redwood City, CA 94061 650-364-8544 766 Harrison Street San Francisco, CA 94107 415-896-1734
Nielsen Brothers Wine Shop 7th & San Carlos St. Box H Carmel, CA 93921 831-624-9463
North Berkeley Imports 1601 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, CA 94709 510-848-8910 - 800-266-6585
Oakville Grocery Various Locations
Premier Cru 5890 Christie Avenue Emeryville, CA 94608 510-655-6691
Prima Wines 1522 N. Main Street Walnut Creek, CA 94596 925-945-1800 or 800-70-Prima Premier Cru 5890 Christie Avenue, Emeryville, CA 94608 510-566-6691
Rancho Cellars 23640 Carmel Rancho Blvd. Carmel, CA 93923 831-625-5646 Ask for Jacques Melac
Robert's Market 3015 Woodside Road Woodside, CA 94062 Store 650-851-1511 / Wine Dept. 650-851-2640 ask for John Akeley john@robertsmarket.com
Ruby Wine 1419 18th St. San Francisco, California 94107 415-401-7708
The Cheese Shop downstairs in the Carmel Plaza P.O. Box 109 Carmel, CA 93921 800-828-WINE 831-625-2272
The Wine Exchange of Sonoma, CA 452 First St. East Sonoma, CA. 95476 1-800-938-1794
The Wine Club 953 Harrison St. San Francisco, CA 800-966-7835 or 415-512-9086 1200 Coleman Santa Clara, CA 800-678-5044 or 408-567-0900 2110 McFadden #E Santa Ana, CA 92705 800-966-5432 or 714-835-6485
Vintage Wine Merchants 377 Santana Row Suite 1135 San Jose, CA 408-260-1115
Vin Vino Wine 437 California St. Palo Alto, CA 94306 650-324-4903
Weimax Wines & Spirits 1178 Broadway Burlingame, CA 94010 650-343-0182
Wine Cask 813 Anacapa Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101 805-966-9463 800-436-9463
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