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Columbia Crest 2002 Grand Estates Chardonnay (Columbia Valley (WA))

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Bigger, with more obvious oak than the CC “regular”, this gets special treatment (hand-stirred for nine months once a week) and 1/4 new oak. It’s nicely integrated, big and buttery, with pleasing layers of caramelized sugar and baked apple. A home run.
— (4/1/2005) — 90
This is a blocky, chiseled, mainstream style, with big, chunky fruit and toasty oak. Still rough around the edges, it has more weight and concentration than the less expensive but oh-so-buttery “Two Vines” bottling.
— (7/1/2004) — 87
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