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2002 Ramey Wine Cellars Chardonnay Carneros District
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ST 91(+?)
WS 89

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About Ramey Wine Cellars

With the help of his wife, David Ramey founded Ramey Wine Cellars in 1996. He has succeeded in sourcing fruit from top Napa and Sonoma vineyards, producing remarkable Chardonnays that bridge the gap between California lushness and Burgundian minerality and structure.

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2002 Ramey Wine Cellars Chardonnay Carneros District

Producer: Ramey Wine Cellars
Style: White Wine
Grape Type: Chardonnay
Origin: California
Region: Other California
Appellation: Carneros

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87 Points | Connoisseurs' Guide to California Wine
91(+?) Points | International Wine Cellar , May/June 2004

($36; about half of this wine comes from Hyde and Hudson fruit) Deeper yellow color. Rather exotic aromas of pineapple and clove. Then bright and minerally in the mouth; more dominated by its structure and less pliant today than the Russian River Valley bottling. But this boasts excellent flavor intensity and structure. Perhaps the best vintage yet for this wine.

89 Points | Wine Spectator

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Chardonnay

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