Rummaging around some more last night, came up with:
1. VentanaVnyds Monterey Semillon (13.0%) 1989: Deep golden color; rather nutty/hazelnutty/creme brulee/slight book store/herbal/oxidized slight floral rather old Sauternes/celery complex nose; soft/smooth nutty/hazelnutty/oxidized/waxy old Sauternes slight pencilly/oak flavor; med.long smooth toasty/hazelnutty/creme brulee/oxidized/waxy slight pencilly/oak finish; some like an old Sauternes w/o the botrytis, much like an old HunterVlly/Oz Semillon; very interesting/complex Semillon that's still a pleasure to drink.
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2. VentanaVnyds Monterey Crystal Chard (13.0%) 1988: Med.dark gold color; rather toasty/pencilly/oak still some Monterey/celery/Chard some oatmealy/oxidized/hazelnutty slight melony/Chard aromatic/complex nose; soft/smooth slight oxidized/hazelnutty/old Chard some toasty/pencilly/oak flavor; very long/lingering old Chard/hazelnutty/oxidized some toasty/pencilly/oak slight Monterey/celerey/Chard complex finish; an interesting/complex old Chard that's still hanging on.
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3. VitaNova SantaBarbaraCnty Chard 1988: Dark gold, crumbly cork, DOA.
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A wee BloodyPulpit:
1. I really liked the Semillon and found a lot of similarity in it to 20-30 yr old HunterVlly Semillon. Most people would reject these two wines as over the hill and too oxidized, but I find them interesting and perfectly good with food.
DougMeador made some pretty good wines back there in his early days. Some of his Rieslings were spectacular, very Germanic in style, and lots of the valve oil/gout de petrol character. He was the discoverer, of course, of the SauvignonBlanc clone of SauvignonMusque, that makes probably the best SB in Calif. His reds were a bit more hit or miss, but he had the first Syrah planting in Monterey, where common sense would tell you it's too cold. That first Syrah aged amazingly well. Lately, the only wines of his I've had are his DougMeador label Syrah, and it's a good one. Another wnry I should reconnect with.
TomHill