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2008 Kongsgaard Wines Chardonnay The Judge Napa Valley
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2008 Kongsgaard Wines Chardonnay The Judge Napa Valley

Producer: Kongsgaard Wines
Style: White Wine
Grape Type: Chardonnay
Origin: California
Region: Napa

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95 Points | International Wine Cellar , May/June 2011

Bright, pale yellow-green.  Pungent flinty minerality, underripe apricot and brown spices on the nose.  Plush and rich but with terrific cut and definition to the stone fruit flavors.  Best today on the rising, extremely long finish, which displays almost salty acidity and a brisk grapefruit note.  Kongsgaard believes that this wine has more fat to buffer its tannins than the 2008 Judge, and that it will be best for medium-term drinking.

92 Points | Wine Spectator
97 Points | Robert Parker's The Wine Advocate

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About Napa Valley

Napa Valley is the most famous wine-growing area in the U.S. It begins at the base of Mount St. Helena in the north and tapers off some 30 miles to the south into the floodplain where the Napa River enters San Francisco Bay. From Mount St. Helena to the city of Napa, the valley is defined by two north-south ridgelines of the Coast Range Mountains.
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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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