Rob B

9.1

Jim Clendenen & Emeril Lagasse dinner through the Triangle Wine Experience - great magnum — 6 years ago

Paulo Faria

9.2

Love the 2008 vintage — 7 years ago

Amanda Cripe

9.5

The Clendenen Family has yet to fail me! My new favorite Chardonnay next to Rombauer...dare I say it's a tie? Light butter note balanced with medium acid, pear, with an ever so slight taste of river stone at the end of a long delicate finish. We had this with cod, freekeh, and a spicy tomato pepper sauce. It's perfect! — 8 years ago

with Leora

Tommy Fogarty

Owner Thomas Fogarty Winery

9.4

Rock f'ing solid. — 8 years ago

Paul Hodgkinson

8.9

Decent not great.
— 9 years ago

with Scott

Mo Cherry

9.3

Always a happy day when my ABC arrives — 9 years ago

Theresa Odello

8.9

Aroma of apricot with a hint of minerals. Taste: it's a dry sweet, with a tinge of grapefruit. — 9 years ago

Steven Hammer

9.5

Did a cheese pairing with this monster. Full of flavor and married well with a rich smooth Vermont cheddar. Complex wine. — 10 years ago

with Lauren

Thorin Messer

10

Bought 4 bottles of this. Leather, cigar box, loved it. — 11 years ago

Eric and Rachel Ferkel

9.2

Starts off bright ends smooth and buttery — 11 years ago

with Eric

Leslie McCoy

9.5

Smooth and balanced. Light tannins that build. Seriously one of the most balanced wines I’ve had. Another great from Jim Clendenen. — 6 years ago

Steve Anderson

9.2

Clear, bright ruby. Slightest hint of brett, some earth and sous bois. Spice, and a bit too tart cherry on initial pour, but tartness subsided with air. Excellent on night two. Still pretty fresh at 16+ years. From Santa Barbara's Jim Clendenen. — 7 years ago

Meg McCall

8.9

Syrah blend to cap off the bachelorette weekend. Smoky spice with a long finish. — 8 years ago

David James

10

Au Bon Climat legend Jim Clendenen knocks it out of the park with this supple, seductively textured Cabernet. Definitely some Pinot like elegance but delivers a smooth medium bodied finish. — 8 years ago

Jennifer Massolo

9.1

Chosen by Jim Clendenen , citing @Pascaline Lepeltier, MS ... Lovey Chenin. Bright and rich. — 9 years ago

Alfonso Remington Giannico

9.0

Before kick-on ranch was cool. — 9 years ago

Jake Schepps

9.2

Thank you Corkbuzz — 9 years ago

Elizabeth Mead

9.5

LOVED this wine. — 9 years ago

Steve McKeown

8.9

Nice blend of Nebbiolo and Barbera. And from Bien Nacido Vineyard. — 10 years ago

Carol Kellett

9.8

Jim Clendenen made this wine. excellent pairing with dark chocolate sea salt caramel — 11 years ago

Narun P

9.0

100% Chardonnay

Medium straw color. Fresh, clear, and transparent.

Sophisticated bouquet showing more restrained fruit profile backed up by clear stone-y/minerally characters.

Structurally, this wine is not as robust as the Los Alamos bottling tasted alongside of it. Med to med low acidity, med body (13.5 abv), dry. Reserved fruit profile of Asian pear and yellow apple. A hint of oak spices such as thyme and cilantro. Pronounced mineral, almost saline notes.

This bottling is rather flat when compared with the Los Alamos. Jim Clendenen said he intentionally made this in a "non-fruit" style that he prefers. Need at least 7 years before this is ready for business. 90+. — 7 years ago

Sarah O'Kelley

9.2

This + this = yum! Even with eight years on it and this wine taste fresh and youthful. Would be very interesting to taste again in another eight years! Love clendenen wines! — 7 years ago

Andrew Crane

9.0

Great on a hot day — 8 years ago

with Sarah

Matt Perlman

9.0

Elegant and (put chauvinistically) feminine central coast Pinot. — 8 years ago

with Marissa and V

Vino

9.3

Holy balls. Who knew Santa Maria could do Nebbiolo so god damned well? — 9 years ago

Max Gottesfeld

8.9

My favorite Chardonnay for the money. Peaches and vanilla with toast and citrus. — 9 years ago

Mark Freund

9.5

Very much in an ABC style. Lots of earth, elegance, and interest. — 9 years ago

Daniel P. Drake

9.5

Tonight I am trying the 2012 Au Bon Climat Chardonnay. I have been amazed by Winemaker Jim Clendenen's Pinot Noir's so I though I should try his Chardonnay and I am glad I did. On the nose I get citrus notes, apple, peach and a nice butterscotch essences. On the palate again there is the citrus, apricot, apple, stone fruit and a ver nice acidity. There is a smooth creamy mouth feel and a medium + finish. Jim Clendenen ceases to amaze me. I bought this for $18.99 and is worth every penny. — 10 years ago

Marco Zani

9.9

As expected an amazing bottle. Kudos to the Mind Behind a.k.a. Jim Clendenen — 11 years ago

Jason Cesare

10

My favorite Chardonnay! — 11 years ago