93 Points The Newton "Unfiltered" Chardonnay has just been released - always one of California's finest Chardonnays! Newton Vineyards is one of the great vineyard estates of Spring Mountain with neighbors like Cain, Pride Mountain and Paloma. Their highly-rated Unfiltered Chardonnay sells out every year. 93 Points Robert Parker: "Newton’s unfiltered Chardonnay has been a consistent winner since it was first launched in the early 1980s, when the fruit was coming from what is today John Kongsgaard’s Judge cuvée. Newton is still making this wine unfiltered, and the Chardonnay Unfiltered is rich and displays beautiful white peach, honeysuckle and tropical fruit, some nice, crisp wet pebble minerality in the background and a full-bodied mouthfeel. Deep, layered and complete, this is a big-time winner..... ...This cuvée has been one of California’s great classic Chardonnays for over two decades. It also has remarkable aging potential. In the early years, much of the credit went to some of the talented people who worked here, including John Kongsgaard, Luc Morlet and Michel Rolland."
Tobin Trevarthen
Unfiltered Chards are always fun. This one presented a cloudy yellow stone fruit experience. Neo-Soul would be a perfect match.
Unfiltered Chards are always fun. This one presented a cloudy yellow stone fruit experience. Neo-Soul would be a perfect match.
9.2Rhonely Boy
I don’t drink a lot of Chard, been to the winery, did the tour, love the unfiltered Chard. Haven’t had it in a while. Not as rich as I remember under the old label design. Still very good, very tasty, complex and sophisticated, while remaining approachable and real. Crystal clear, no sediment/lees.
I don’t drink a lot of Chard, been to the winery, did the tour, love the unfiltered Chard. Haven’t had it in a while. Not as rich as I remember under the old label design. Still very good, very tasty, complex and sophisticated, while remaining approachable and real. Crystal clear, no sediment/lees.
9.2Eric Christiansen
Not your typical Chardonnay but in a way. The unfiltered wine has a little earthiness to it. It’s a wonderful combination of the expected and unexpected in the same taste.
Not your typical Chardonnay but in a way. The unfiltered wine has a little earthiness to it. It’s a wonderful combination of the expected and unexpected in the same taste.
9.0William Goldsmith
Surprising zip on a warm day.
Surprising zip on a warm day.
9.2Dan H
Solid, smooth, toward butter
Solid, smooth, toward butter
8.9Alexandria
Buttery, balanced, honeysuckle, oak. Very drinkable. 2016 in 2020: beautiful but could age more as well
Buttery, balanced, honeysuckle, oak. Very drinkable. 2016 in 2020: beautiful but could age more as well
9.2Amanda Levengood
Really good, smooth, no sharp aftertaste
Really good, smooth, no sharp aftertaste
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