Toros Chardonnay: Could have waited more time

Wine Name: Toros Chardonnay 2006

Wine Region: Collio

Alcohol:14%

Tasting Setting: twice at home, calmly

Nose

Flower: 2 out of 5

Fruit: 4 out of 5, big ripe golden apple and pineapple

Minerality:  5 out of 5, shaly complexity, lovely

Spice: 2 out of 5, some pleasant vanilla notes

Complexity: 3.5 out of 5

Funk: 1 out of 5, a hint of dustiness, but pleasurable

Texture

Edge: 3 out of 5

Roundness: 4 out of 5

Body: 4 out of 5

Silk: 4 out of5

Taste

Power: 4 out of 5

Length: 3 out of 5

Personality: 3 out of 5

Fruit: 3 out of 5

Minerality- 4 out of 5

Wood: 2 out of 5

Overall

Balance: 4 out of 5

Harmony: : 5 out of 5

Elegance: 4 out of 5

Enjoyment: 4 out of 5

On the 20 Point scale: 17.5

 13 is sufficient. Anything below is insufficient. 13- 14 average. 15- 16 good. 17- 18 great. 19-20 outstanding.

1 to 5 scale:

 1= none, 2= some, 3= average, 4= more than average, 5= a lot

Other thoughts

really nice wine; a bir tounder then I would like but certainly not buttery: outstanding example of clean very  chardonnay: very light and integrated oak: this wine begs for salmon or a rich fish dish (guess what, I had some salmon steaks and after tasting the wine I poached them in wine and water, put a hint of ginger and olive oil on it and it the three of us at the table were loving our moment togethers); despite the 4 years on this wine, it could have easily gone another 5-8 as there was no sign of age on the wine; I'd go find another '06 and store it, actually I might have one hidden somewhere; always one of the best producer in Friuli; if anything, I would have liked the wine a bit leaner and with a touch more acidity