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Buena Vista 2004 Ramal Vineyard Clone 17RY Chardonnay (Carneros)

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Price $34

What a wonderfully complex, satisfying wine. It combines the steely acidity the vineyard regularly contributes with massively ripe tropical fruit flavors to produce a real stunner. Rich in mango custard, key lime pie, pineapple sorbet, vanilla pudding and smoky oak, it has a crispness that makes the flavors sing. Best in its youth, and should hold for a good five years. — S.H. (8/3/2006)

Buena Vista 2004 Ramal Vineyard Dijon Clones Chardonnay (Carneros)

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It's fun to compare this to the winery's Ramal Vineyard bottling. This is tighter still, a young, crisp, minerally Chard, racy and elegant in pineapple, mango and buttered toast, with the high acidity associated with this vineyard. It's a fine, complex wine now, and should hold for at least five years, possibly longer. — S.H. (8/3/2006)

Buena Vista 2006 Ramal Vineyard Swan Selection Pinot Noir (Carneros)

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Price $42

Here’s a supple, polished and delicious Pinot Noir, so drinkable on its own or with a nice steak. Dry and elegant, it has long, rich flavors of cherries, raspberries, cola, vanilla, cinnamon, clove and cedar. As beautiful as it is now, it should slowly evolve over the next eight years. — S.H. (4/1/2009)

Buena Vista 2003 Ramal Vineyard Clone 17RY Chardonnay (Carneros)

Price $32

Tasted side by side with the winery’s Clone 96 from the same vineyard, this tasty Chard is a bit firmer and denser, although it shares the same qualities of big, exotic fruit and oak, and a rich, leesy creaminess. Both are very fine wines to watch in future vintages. — S.H. (12/15/2005)

Buena Vista 2006 Ramal Vineyard Chardonnay (Carneros)

Price $32

Serious white wine. Dense and full-bodied, it’s incredibly lush in tropical fruit and apricot flavors. Entirely dry, it shows a honey-sweet layer that’s crisp and well-balanced. — S.H. (5/1/2009)

Buena Vista 2004 Ramal Vineyard Dijon Clones Pinot Noir (Carneros)

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Here's a delicious wine, rich and forward in flavor. These Dijon clones produce exceptionally clean, bright fruit, and this Pinot bursts with cherry, pomegranate, rhubarb and cola flavors. It's fully dry, with subtle complexities from oak. Great now and for the next five years, but don't hold it so long that it loses its fruity youthfulness. — S.H. (8/3/2006)

Buena Vista 2003 Ramal Vineyard Clone 96 Chardonnay (Carneros)

Price $32

From the Sonoma side of Carneros. It satisfies all around, from the rich tropical fruit and spice flavors to the creamy texture and refreshingly crisp mouthfeel to the deliciously long finish. — S.H. (12/15/2005)

Buena Vista 2004 Ramal Vineyard Swan Selection Pinot Noir (Carneros)

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Swan is the old, pre-Dijon clonal selection used by so many wineries. The wine has a youthful character, a little sharp right now, but there's brilliant promise. Crisp in acids, fairly tannic, but loaded with dramatically ripe cherry and pomegranate fruit, this is one to lay down. Best after 2008, but fine now with a rich duck presentation. — S.H. (8/3/2006)

Prominent Designations [All]

Clone 17 RY Ramal Vineyard Dijon Clones Dijon Clones Ramal Vineyard Estate Grand Reserve Harazsthy Collection Ramal Vineyard Ramal Vineyard Clone 17RY Ramal Vineyard Clone 96 Ramal Vineyard Dijon Clones Ramal Vineyard Dijon Clones Estate Vineyard Series Ramal Vineyard Estate Vineyeard Series Ramal Vineyard Pommard Clone 5 Ramal Vineyard Swan Selection Reserve Rosé of Syrah Swan Selection The Count Founder’s

Most Reviewed Varietals [All]

Cabernet Sauvignon Chardonnay Merlot Pinot Grigio/Gris Pinot Noir Red Blend Rosé Sauvignon Blanc Shiraz/Syrah White Blend Zinfandel

Most Reviewed Regions

Carneros Lake County Sonoma County

2008 John Tyler Bacigalupi Vineyard

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