Comentario: "Californication"

La Edad de Oro California. Chardonnay 2005. Best Vintage Ever.


California brilla al sol de la cosecha 2005. Parker lo anticipaba diciendo: “2005 Napa (California North Coast) Chardonnay Vintage Score 94 puntos: Best Vintage Ever”. Y no se equivocaba…

“Year of the Chardonnay: I can’t remember the last time I’ve enjoyed as many outstanding California Chardonnays in the same year” –Robert Whitley (Whitley on Wine), sobre la cosecha 2005 en California-.

El exquisito y complejo Chardonnay Napa Valley de Patz & Hall es uno de los ejemplos más rotundos: “Sourced from five stellar vineyard sites, each worthy of single vineyard bottling in their own right, this blend represents the diversity of Napa Valley” –James Hall-.

Notas de Cata / Patz & Hall Napa Valley Chardonnay 2005: "Buttery peach aromas with a whiff of nutmeg. Very ripe and creamy with peach and pear flavors. Lengthy, sweet close shows a butter pecan-like richness. You might say misters Patz and Hall are on a roll" Score 93 puntos: outstanding! –Robert Whitley-.

Notas de Cata / Patz & Hall Napa Valley Chardonnay 2005: “Racy, riveting citrus blossom aromas are clean and refreshing on the palate, serving up a beam of lively Chardonnay fruit that's shaded by cedary oak” Score 89 puntos –James Laube, Wine Spectator”

NOTA. Sobre Patz & Hall. Inspirados en el suntuoso estilo del Chardonnay de Borgoña –“sumptuous, Burgundian styled Chardonnays” (Robert Parker)- esta dupla lleva años elaborando en California algunos de los mejores blancos de la región: “one of California's most lauded artisan wine brands”. Cuando le toca opinar sobre los vinos de Hall, Robert Parker es siempre optimista, y sus comentarios son alentadores frente a cada nueva cosecha: “This high quality producer owns no vineyards, but is obviously exploiting some of the finest sources for fruit on California's North Coast" –Robert Parker-.