Now I wish I'd tried this instead of my Pine Ridge Chardonnay last night (which BTW wasn't that great IMHO) to know if I should get more!

Wall Cellars Chardonnay by Twenty Rows
$59.99 + $5 shipping
CONDITION: White
PRODUCT: 5 2009 Wall Cellars Chardonnay
CT link above

Winery website

Previous offer:
3/28/12

Think this was on woot just recently. Anyone try it yet?

Only 1 tasting note on CT but it's positive;

Tasted by Furry Goat on 4/11/2012: "Apples in the nose with hints of vanilla and cinnamon. Nice body, slight to medium butteriness with pears and oak. I like."

chipgreen wrote:Only 1 tasting note on CT but it's positive;

Tasted by Furry Goat on 4/11/2012: "Apples in the nose with hints of vanilla and cinnamon. Nice body, slight to medium butteriness with pears and oak. I like."

Yes, but his handle name is Furry Goat so who knows. :-)

Wow...just openned a bottle for dinner. Has a nose of citrus. Taste of mineral and pears jump right out of the gate. Finishs with a slight vanilla flavor. perfect summer time sipping. In for another 5 bottles.

I confess I know nothing about this appellation. Where is it? How hot is it?

chipgreen wrote:Only 1 tasting note on CT but it's positive;

Tasted by Furry Goat on 4/11/2012: "Apples in the nose with hints of vanilla and cinnamon. Nice body, slight to medium butteriness with pears and oak. I like."

My SO and I like the buttery more than the mineral. It would be great if anyone from the earlier buy would chime in.

boylan wrote:I confess I know nothing about this appellation. Where is it? How hot is it?

Apparently it's a carve out of Atlas Peak.

laguar1 wrote:Taste of mineral and pears jump right out of the gate.

How 'sharp' would you place it and do you how do you like your chards?

laguar1 wrote:Wow...just openned a bottle for dinner. Has a nose of citrus. Taste of mineral and pears jump right out of the gate. Finishs with a slight vanilla flavor. perfect summer time sipping. In for another 5 bottles.

I'd be willing to take a bottle or two off your hands in lieu of $ if you're so inclined. Seeing as how you have more on the way.

From the winery last woot:
Hey Wooters,

The is Tim Nuss of Twenty Rows. We've introduced you to our Twenty Rows label and now we gladly introduce you to our Wall Cellars label. Wall Cellars is cellared and bottled by Twenty Rows Winery. Wall Cellars is named after the road that leads you to our Twenty Rows estate hight above the Napa Valley in the Mt. Veeder Appelation.

The Chardonnay is grown on Atlas Peak. It is the mountain just east of the city of Napa. The vineyard blocks where it is sourced from are set upon a beautiful west facing slope and the soil is comprised primarily of volcanic soil.

The wine is 80% stainless steel fermented to preserve its crisp acidity and apple and tropical fruit flavors. 20% of the wine is oak fermented on used French Oak barrels. The barrels add some nice, smooth creaminess and softness to the end of the pallet. We use used oak barrels so less overall oak characteristics are extracted into the wine. We are more concerned with the chemistry of the maloactic fermentation then the actual oak flavors imparted in the wine.

We think that our Wall Cellars Chardonnay is one of the biggest wine steals at it's price points in the entire Napa Valley. The people who have been lucky enough to discover this wine treat it like fight club. They don't talk about it because they like to keep the small amount of production to themselves.

Lastly we are very excited to present it to you know, because when we release our 2010 next Fall; it will be coming out as our 2010 Twenty Rows Chardonnay. We are moving it up our wine hierarchy because we are so proud of the wine. So get it now while it's still at this steal of a price.

Cheers,
Tim Nuss



Not a butter/oak bomb. Stainless with 20% used oak. Sounds like just enough oak to take the edge off the stainless approach.

tomatillo wrote:How 'sharp' would you place it and do you how do you like your chards?

I would say that this wine is crisp/smooth. I am drinking it warm right now and I am ready for another glass. Normally I prefer heavy vanilla and buttery chards, but this is not. This is more in the middle.

chipgreen wrote:I'd be willing to take a bottle or two off your hands in lieu of $ if you're so inclined. Seeing as how you have more on the way.

Deal. I will bring two bottles to the Scott Harvey dinner Friday.

laguar1 wrote:Deal. I will bring two bottles to the Scott Harvey dinner Friday.

Great, thanks!

Opened a bottle tonight. Great nose, taste of hints of oak, vanilla, green apple, pear, lemon tart, very nice!

Now I wish I'd pick up more.....next time.