As I've written previously, I usually find Raeburn's Chardonnays and Pinot Noirs to deliver pretty good bang-for-the-buck, and I find a lot to like in this recent release as well. On the one hand, it has fairly exotic cantaloupe and pineapple fruit flavors. One the other hand, it's a very tangy, mouth-watering citric wine. It is matured in French, American and Hungarian oak barrels. The latter can lend a fairly intense chocolatey or nutty flavor sometimes, but the oak isn't overwhelming here. I do wonder if this wine might have been acidified a bit (had some tartaric or malic acid added), just because it seems a tad disjointed, but it might have needed that mild correction (and it's hardly a crime if it makes the wine better). 88 Points
- Tim Teichgraeber
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