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2005 Kongsgaard Wines Chardonnay The Judge Napa Valley
Producer: Kongsgaard Wines
Style: White Wine
Grape Type: Chardonnay
Origin: California
Region: Napa
98 Points | International Wine Cellar , May/June 2008
($175) Good bright yellow. Brooding, mineral-driven aromas of peach, pungent stone, smoke and nuts. Extraordinarily dense and tactile in the mouth, with a distinctly saline character to the superconcentrated flavors of peach, lemon and liquid stone. Conveys a much sweeter impression today than the 2006 Judge but without any loss of vibrancy. Perhaps most impressive of all on the whiplash of a finish, which features palate-saturating peach and apricot fruit flavors and great tannic support. It's tempting to say that this monumental chardonnay is Burgundian, but it would be hard to find a Burgundy with the sheer size to stand up to this. Kongsgaard advises drinking it between 2010 and 2016.
98 Points | Robert Parker's The Wine Advocate
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