2013 J. Rochioli Chardonnay River Block - USA, California, Sonoma County, Russian River Valley (8/25/2015)
– popped and poured –
– tasted non-blind over two days –
NOSE: Day 1: initially very reductive, but this eventually presented tropical-buttery Chardonnay aromatics with a pleasant tanginess in the background. Day 2: very oaky; butter popcorn; a bit fumey.
BODY: powdery yellow color of medium-light to medium depth; medium to medium-full bodied.
TASTE: underbrush and oak; ripe fruit; and then some woody mineral pushes forward on the finish; medium to medium+ acidity; 14.5% alc. well-hidden on the palate; gets buttery as it warms to (warm) room temperature; very good, but bad QPR @ $62. Gut impression: 89 – 91.