White

Estate Grown Cave Fermented Chardonnay

Napa Valley · Napa · United States

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201494 pts

From estate grapes aged nine months in 100% new French oak, this features toasted wood that speaks in hushed undertones beneath a wealth of tangy stone fruit, baked pear and pineapple. Enjoyable now, it has a voluptuous richness on the midpalate that meets more nuanced acidity a…
201383 pts

Crisp apple and lemon are lurking within creamy wallops of oak, making this a pleasant-enough wine. The ripeness and butter make for curious companions given the bitterly tart, sour finish.
201291 pts

This wine is made in the style of the winery's marvelous Finch Hollow Chardonnays, but is just a little less concentrated. Dry, crisp and elegantly clean, it has complex, mineral-infused flavors of tangerines, peaches and limes, enhanced with lots of smoky new oak. It should hol…
201191 pts

Full-throttle Burgundian technique marks this Chardonnay. It's explosive with buttered toast and popcorn and apricot and orange jam flavors. There's a fine streak of lime acidity. It's an exciting wine, as opulent as California Chard gets, if a little over-the-top, venturing bey…
201093 pts

The grapes for this estate Chardonnay are sourced from the winery's vineyards way up in the Vaca Mountains. This is a flashy wine, showing the ripe tropical fruit, cream, smoke, honey and buttery qualities of a fine Chardonnay.