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Brewer-Clifton 2004 Mount Carmel Chardonnay (Sta. Rita Hills)
- Editors' Choice
- $52
Brilliant aromatics characterize this powerful wine. It has lots of charry, fine oak and huge fruit, like apricots, peaches, pineapples and mangoes. In the mouth, a firm minerality kicks in, based on high, clean acidity. This is a beautifully complex, dazzling Chard, intense and pure, but balanced and elegant.
— S.H.
(3/1/2006)
Brewer-Clifton 2005 Mt. Carmel Pinot Noir (Sta. Rita Hills)
- Cellar Selection
- $60
The complex aromaa of this dramatic young wine is of mushrooms and wet tree bark, wintergreen, cloves, nutmeg and anise, and fruitier notes of cherries, cola and pomegranates. The mouth is very complex, too, with a finish of intensely pure cherries. But the wine is young and tannic. It will be best after 2008, and should drink well for at least another five years.
— S.H.
(4/1/2007)
Brewer-Clifton 2004 Rancho Santa Rosa Pinot Noir (Sta. Rita Hills)
- $56
The vineyard is owned by Foley, which produces great Pinot, and what they all have in common is rich acidity, an uncommonly complete structure, and a clean purity of Pinot Noir fruit. This bottle is dry and fuller-bodied than Brewer-Clifton’s other Pinots, although it retains those lovely red stone fruits that are so elegant. It’s a tight, young wine that needs to…
— S.H.
(8/1/2006)
Brewer-Clifton 2004 Melville Chardonnay (Sta. Rita Hills)
- $46
It’s odd that while the alcohol here is lower than on the winery’s Rancho Santa Rosa bottling, the wine tastes hotter, with a pepper spice note that actually complements the ripe, exotic tropical fruit, pear and buttercream flavors. This is a very big, complex wine, long-lasting in the finish and impressive for the way its mass is balanced and contained.
— S.H.
(8/1/2006)
Brewer-Clifton 2004 Rancho Santa Rosa Chardonnay (Sta. Rita Hills)
- $46
At nearly 16% alcohol, this is one of the biggest Chards I’ve ever had. It’s totally dry and explosive in all sorts of late-picked, effusively ripe pineapple custard, lemon drop and apricot, caramelized brown sugar and cinnamon. A wine like this is an achievement anywhere, and while there are those who will object to its size, it is certainly delicious.
— S.H.
(8/1/2006)
Brewer-Clifton 2007 Mount Carmel Pinot Noir (Sta. Rita Hills)
- Online Exclusive
- $78
A big, rich powerhouse of a wine, freighted with tannins and fragrant in savory wood spice, forest floor, cardamom, roasted thyme, sage, sandalwood, licorice and red cherry pulp flavors. Dry and full-bodied, this young wine needs time. Better after 2012.
— S.H.
(11/1/2009)
Brewer-Clifton 2005 Sweeney Canyon Chardonnay (Sta. Rita Hills)
- $56
From some of the oldest Chard vines in the area comes this dramatically rich wine. Bursting with lemon drop, Meyer lemon mousse, peach pulp and toasty new oak, this is a very ripe wine whose high alcohol, 16.4%, shows only as a dusting of white pepper and spicy clove that makes the finish piquant.
— S.H.
(4/1/2007)
Brewer-Clifton 2005 Mt. Carmel Chardonnay (Sta. Rita Hills)
- $52
This Chard shows the immaculate purity of SRH Chard, that intensely pure lemon drop and pineapple taste, while oak adds exotic layers of custard and buttercream. High acidity adds the perfect finishing touch, making all this richness bright.
— S.H.
(4/1/2007)
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