White

Chardonnay

Alexander-Smith

Santa Lucia Highlands · Central Coast · United States

Fact sheet

Type
White
Grape
Chardonnay
Country
United States
Region
Santa Lucia Highlands · Central Coast
Appellation
Santa Lucia Highlands
Body
medium
Acidity
medium
Sweetness
dry

Food pairing

seafood · Caesar salad · roast chicken · pasta with lemon sauce · light cheeses

Rated vintages

  • 201490 pts

    Fairly light in the glass, this bottling shows chalk, slate and wet-sand minerality on the nose, alongside Asian pear flesh, kiwi and honeydew fruit notes. The texture is quite pithy once sipped, showing grapefruit and apple skins, and then it warms toward yellow pears and a sea…