White

Chardonnay

Napa Valley · Napa · United States

Fact sheet

roast chicken · grilled shrimp · pasta with white sauce · creamy cheeses

201586 pts

Vanilla aromas and sweet butter and baked apple flavors make this medium-bodied wine appealing and easy to enjoy. The acidity is very light, and the texture soft.
201487 pts

This is a simply rendered, nicely light-bodied version of the variety, round and fleshy in mouthfeel with a taste of sugar-rimmed lime.
201390 pts

Aromas of orange blossom and jasmine intoxicate on the entry of this delightful wine, which combines in complex ways to offer savory fennel with a creaminess to the texture. That complexity continues through the finish, which ends long and lean.
201086 pts

Rich and buttery, this has smoky oak and toast flavors that frame the pineapple and orange jam notes. Not overly complicated, this is made in a way that appeals to Chardonnay lovers. Production was a hefty 16,500 cases.
200888 pts

Superoaky in vanilla, buttered toast, honey and smoky flavors, this Chardonnay stands up to all that wood power with ripe pineapples, pears and lemons. It's a delicious, New World wine meant to dazzle, and it largely succeeds.
200784 pts

Smoky, sweet oak and vanilla dominate this wine, which also has flavors of mangoes, peaches and pears. The oak is simply too strong for the underlying fruit.
199984 pts

With a hefty case production, the wine is light and thin, but there are pleasant enough flavors. It's average Chardonnay, with just enough appley fruit, oak and sweetness to satisfy. It's clean and well-made, and there's not much more you can say about it.