Begins with oak, transitions to strawberry and finishes with slight hazel nut and vanilla. Earthy and complex. Subtle tannins. Would go well with smoked Gouda, cheesecake and anything chocolate. Was superb with meat sauce. — 7 years ago
Golden. Ripe nose with hints of oak, hazel and walnut, chalk dust, persimmon, cedar, smoky flinty notes indicative of Chablis. Beautifully chiseled, delineated structure. Bright acidity with a long finish of baked apple and smoky flint. Marvelous! 97p — 8 years ago
Omg amazing. Crisp, bright but not overly fruity. Heaven on the porch of hazel — 8 years ago
Hazel nut and spice in the mid pallet. Very elegant. Wine showed well. — 9 years ago
Drank at Hazel — 9 years ago
From Minnow and Hazel🐱🐱 — 6 years ago
Perfect wine while relaxing outside at Hazel before the Glass Animals show — 8 years ago
Rich and mouth coating Apple pie, lemon curd and toasted hazel nuts. Good balance and great finish! Based on 2007, 08 and 09 vintages. 65% Pinot Noir, 10% Pinot Meunier, 25% Chardonnay. 12 grams/liter dosage. Lot 17. SS — 8 years ago
Was going offer up expert descriptors for my tasting notes, since not a peer or professional has ever reviewed a single vintage of this wine on Delectable, but then found out Heart already expressed all I have to say in "These Dreams".
The ballad paints a perfect picture of me sipping this Chardonnay....inconsolably weeping to the entire catalogue of Vince Vaughn's and Adam Sandler's romantic comedies.... eating sausage alone, staining my sheets with tears.
Hazel-nuts! — 9 years ago
Hazel nut , baked apple , minerality really pretty — 10 years ago
A great mix of fatty yellow fruit (pineapple) and toasty new oak on nose (hazel), hinting full-body and richness, but instead delivering freshness, minerality and a much more elegant, lean palate.
Very likeable.
This is the shape of of new world chardonnay to come! — 7 years ago
My #absolute #favourite @ruinart #champagne #brut #nonvintage
Golden yellow hues, with some apples and pears on the nose followed by some hazel/almond toasted brioche. Balanced with the perfect acidity and complexity #loveit
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— 7 years ago
Wow. Fresh apples, slight tropical, great acid and balanced with cream, slight hazel/butter. This was amazing wine. Great producer. Perfect with our mussels... — 8 years ago
Very nice makes Hazel sleepy — 9 years ago
Thomas H Stanphill 111
Amazing Wine ! This is a gorgeous wine . The color is golden yellow . The nose is full of rich , ripe apricots and peaches with a whiff of wild honey and toasted hazel nuts . The wine drinks very much as is on the nose , but with a zest of salinity . This a fruit forward wine that with excellent minerality ! It borders on excellence with this kind of elegance , power and depth . Most surprising is it’s complexity . This makes it extremely unique . Albeit a big wine , the drinkability is very good . I would suggest that it pairs just as beautifully with lobster and crab as it does with a prime , double cut , grilled pork chop ! At $35 -$40 dollars this wine is most definitely a steal . The QPR ( Quality to Price Ratio ) Makes this one of the biggest steals in the wine world today . I love it ! — 6 years ago