Many thanks to the other side of the table that shared this wine. WOW!

• 1997 Marcassin Chardonnay Gauer Upper Barn - USA, California, Sonoma County, Sonoma Coast (3/11/2006)
  Dinner at the Wine Cask (The Wine Cask, Santa Barbara, CA): Great chardonnay. I liked the classy style of this wine where the oak did not dominate the wine. WOW wine. (95 pts.)

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OOPS! You were on the "wrong" side of the table, weren't you.

I found the second bottle of this that I was supposed to bring sitting in another travel bag that I had not taken to SB. And you know the '00 probably would have been fantastic if we hadn't had this goodie at the same time.

This qualifies for my (still) wine of that night. I savored that sucker all the way to the end of dinner. If I don't count Champagne this will probably be my wine-of-the-month for March.

This wine was my white wine of the day, one of the very best Chardonnays from California I have ever tasted. Astounding purity and balance, the wine is drinking perfectly now and shows no sign of fading. An eyeopening wine, outstanding!

Eric,

When you say "white wine of the DAY" you mean you are including the other 283 white wines you had at the tasting event that afternoon, correct? If so, I would agree also.

It was definitely "still white wine of the day" for me even with the 283 white wines tasted earlier.

Although I have to say that there really weren't that many white wines at the Wine Cask Tasting as compared to previous year's events.

Yep, that's what I mean Davidn. Heck, this is current front runner for WWOTY (White Wine of the Year) for me.