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Talley 2005 Rosemary's Vineyard Pinot Noir (Arroyo Grande Valley)
- Editors' Choice
- $70
This is a great 2005 Pinot Noir, the best ever from Talley. The wine somehow combines huge ripe fruit with delicacy. It floods the mouth with profound currant, cherry pie, licorice, cola, raspberry, cocoa and vanilla smoke flavors, yet feels light and silky, and is thoroughly dry. That’s the magic of Pinot Noir. You can enjoy this small production wine now, and it…
— S.H.
(3/1/2008)
Talley 2003 Rosemary's Vineyard Chardonnay (Arroyo Grande Valley)
- Online Exclusive
- $44
The fruit is massive, succulent in pineapple custard, Key lime pie and roasted coconut, and the oak is also powerful in new, charred character. There there's the brilliant acidity that makes it all work.
— S.H.
(7/1/2006)
Talley 2008 Rosemary's Vineyard Chardonnay (Arroyo Grande Valley)
- Online Exclusive
- $46
Chardonnays from this vineyard are virtually guaranteed to be among the richest in California, and Talley’s 2008 certainly doesn’t disappoint. It’s a massively structured, flamboyant wine, tremendous in tropical fruit, pear, peach and apple flavors that taste like they’ve been baked into a pie, along with the sweet, smoky crust. A tremendous wine that must be…
— S.H.
(4/1/2011)
Talley 2006 Rosemary's Vineyard Chardonnay (Arroyo Grande Valley)
- $50
Talley’s Rosemary’s typically is one of the greatest, most dependable Chardonnays in California. The 2006 upholds that distinguished tradition. It’s dry and balanced, with a mineral undertone that grounds the flamboyant pineapple custard, lemondrop and lime pie flavors. Feels ultra-distinguished and elegant despite the richness. Now through 2010.
— S.H.
(2/1/2009)
Talley 2009 Rincon Vineyard Pinot Noir (Arroyo Grande Valley)
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- $58
Sheer opulence is the hallmark of this wine. Call it feminine in its soft silkiness, and the way the raspberry, cherry and sandalwood flavors caress the palate. Yet there’s a firmness of structure, a stony, minerally quality that lends power and authority. Great now, and will develop in the bottle for the next 6–8 years.
— S.H.
(4/1/2012)
Talley 2009 Rosemary’s Vineyard Pinot Noir (Arroyo Grande Valley)
- Cellar Selection
- Online Exclusive
- $70
A great Pinot Noir, although it’s rugged now in its youth, with a scoury mouthfeel. Raspberries, cherries, cola, mushrooms splashed with balsamic, and white pepper, clove and cinnamon spices mark the flavors. Should emerge from austerity by 2015 and provide good drinking for several years afterward.
— S.H.
(4/1/2012)
Talley 2004 Rosemary's Vineyard Chardonnay (Arroyo Grande Valley)
- Editors' Choice
- $45
This year’s Rosemary’s is dry, crisp in citrusy acids, and wonderfully complex. It shows fresh, sweet pineapple fruit and spicy overtones of cinnamon and nutmeg along with layers of minerals and dried herbs. Easily takes its place in the front ranks of California Chardonnay.
— S.H.
(12/1/2006)
Talley 2008 Rincon Vineyard Chardonnay (Arroyo Grande Valley)
- Editors' Choice
- Online Exclusive
- $42
A great Rincon Chardonnay, Talley’s best ever. So rich and dramatically layered in pineapple tart, Meyer lemon custard, Key lime pie, golden apricot, mango and vanilla oak flavors, yet so briskly acidic and bright, with a firm minerality, like a lick of cold steel. Only 460 cases produced, but worth a special search.
— S.H.
(4/1/2011)
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