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2003 Patz & Hall Wine Company Chardonnay Alder Springs Vineyard Mendocino County
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About Patz & Hall Wine Company

Patz and Hall grew out of James Hall and Donald Patz's friendship, formed during their time working together at Flora Springs Winery. The two shared a passion for rich, traditionally produced wines from Burgundy varietals, Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. When they teamed up with Anne Moses and Heather Patz in 1988, their dreams of...

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2003 Patz & Hall Wine Company Chardonnay Alder Springs Vineyard Mendocino County

Producer: Patz & Hall Wine Company
Style: White Wine
Grape Type: Chardonnay
Origin: California
Region: Other California
Appellation: Mendocino

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91 Points | International Wine Cellar , May/June 2005

($55) Green-tinged, slightly hazy color. Highly nuanced aromas of lime, minerals, nutmeg, smoke, grilled nuts and lees. Huge on entry, then quite muscular and powerful in the middle palate, if a bit unwieldy today. Very dry, concentrated wine from tiny berries. Big, rich chardonnay with uncompromisingly dry flavors of minerals, white grapefruit and citrus skin. Not quite as suave as the Hyde bottling, though.

90 Points | Wine Spectator
94 Points | Robert Parker's The Wine Advocate

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It is remarkable that an industry essentially less than a half-century old could capture the attention of the American wine-buying public to the degree that California has. Powerful consumer interest in California wine is driven by two major factors. The more obvious reason is that California's best wines, which come from grapes grown in...

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Chardonnay

The best Chardonnays in the world continue to arrive from the region where the grape first emerged: the chalk, clay, and limestone vineyards of Burgundy and Chablis. While the origins of the grape were disputed for many years, with some speculating that the grape came all the way from the Middle East, DNA researchers at the University of California-Davis proved in 1999 that Chardonnay actually developed...
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