We visited Koehler on our recent trip to Santa Barbara County, and enjoyed the tasting very much. The wines were some of the best we experienced that day, so I was looking forward to trying this bottle since one never knows if the experience at the winery will be duplicated at home, some months later. Luckily for us, I was not only pleasantly surprised, but my expectations were exceeded.
Beautiful nose for such a young Chardonnay - pink grapefruit, the skin of white peaches, some sweet pineapple, with an overall black licorice hint - very nice and refreshing. Not a characteristic 'big Chardonnay', lacking in the oak and overall big texture, but more of the refreshing type - very nice. Tastes unoaked, with more citrus, nice sweet pink grapefruit, some sweet mid-palette, and the traditional dry finish of Chardonnay. In many ways similar to a nice Viognier, but not quite as sweet overall and without the sweet finish. I'm pleased at the overall quality of this wine, which is one of the best whites I've had in months, and for the price you can't beat it unless you enter the $30 range, in my opinion.
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