Thread: 2006 Newton Chardonnay Unfiltered & 2006 Mount Eden Chardonnay WolffVineyard

quote: Originally posted by Board-O: ...If you're tasting or smelling sulfur in either of those Chardonnays, you obviously have an off or damaged bottle. No maybe about it. i think he's referring to the Newton, as i detected sulfur in my notes too... quote: Originally posted by mpls wine guy: Thanks for the notes on the 06 Newton unfiltered chard. I had the 04 recently and it was showing well. I think the 04 has some life ahead of...

I was indeed referring to the Newton. Had it by itelf after a dinner which had some steak tips in a spicy southwestern marinade from a local butcher shop. It's possible my tastes were affected by the spices but the sulpher was too much for me. I have a couple more I'll try soon, hopefully, as Board-O said, it was just a bad bottle. This is usually one of our favorite Cali chards and I was very disapointed by this bottle as I've...

Thanks for the notes on the 06 Newton unfiltered chard. I had the 04 recently and it was showing well. I think the 04 has some life ahead of it.

quote: Originally posted by Icewino: I had the '06 a month ago Which one? There are 2 in the title of this thread. and didn't like it nearly as much as the '02 or '05. Well made but too much sulpher sulfur for my taste. I couldn't get past it but maybe it was a bad bottle. If you're tasting or smelling sulfur in either of those Chardonnays, you obviously have an off or damaged bottle. No maybe about it.