Chardonnay

Fact sheet

Type

White

Grape

Chardonnay

Country

United States

Region

Rogue Valley · Southern Oregon

Appellation

Rogue Valley

Body

medium

Acidity

medium

Sweetness

dry

Rated vintages

• 201687 pts

  This was barrel fermented in neutral oak, and not put through malolactic fermentation. A mix of apple, white peach and green-melon fruit opens up the core flavors, then it seems to stop short. The feeling of being attenuated may simply reflect the youth of the wine, or a need fo…

• 201587 pts

  Barrel fermentation has rounded and softened this wine without it losing focus. Crisp apple and pear fruit carries it, with a whiff of white asparagus.

• 201487 pts

  Soft and smooth, this barrel-fermented wine remains fruit-driven. The barrel time seems to have rounded it off, rather than adding any noticeable toast. Pleasant flavors of apple sauce carry a hint of spice.

• 201389 pts

  Fresh and fruit forward, this is a fine value in a most enjoyable style. Bananas, pears, apples and more are in play, with a mouthfilling, generous midpalate.

• 201290 pts

  A directly appealing wine with notes of apple, toast and melon. It's fresh in feel, medium bodied with a good sense of balance throughout and a lingering finish.

• 201188 pts

  Eschewing new French oak entirely and with just 10% second fill, it's lightly aromatic with notes of apple and stone fruit. With no malolactic fermentation, the fruit flavors are medium-bodied and sweet, showing a sense of balance that carries through to the finish.

• 201087 pts

  Clean and fresh, this value-priced southern Oregon Chardonnay offers balanced, elegant flavors of flower and fruit. Notes of apple and pear are front and center, with hints of white peach and cinnamon.

• 200086 pts

  All barrel fermented; about half went through malolactic. This is a very light, green appley wine, with firm acids and clean, lightly cinnamon-spiced fruit.