Adelaida Vertical Chardonnay Tasting

On November 17, 2001, a small group of experienced Chardonnay tasters gathered to conduct a vertical tasting of the 1997, 1998, and 1999 Adelaida Chardonnays. To read about Adelaida, a small winery in San Luis Obisbo County, click here.

The wines were rated 5 points for nose, and 10 for taste. The average scores are printed below; to see what words were used to describe the wines, click on the corks.

		9.9 points
		9.4 points
		12.2 points

1997

Words used to describe this wine were:

• clove
• sweet
• oak
• musty
• tinny
• butter
• mineral
• over the hill

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1998

Words used to describe this wine were:

• mellow
• fruit
• toast
• light
• spicy
• gravy
• skanky

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1999

Words used to describe this wine were:

• fruit
• oak
• mild
• grapefruit
• in heat
• buy
• like '97

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