Testarossa Brosseau Vineyard Chardonnay (Chalone)

Ficha técnica

Tipo

White

Uva

Chardonnay

País

United States

Região

Chalone · Central Coast

Denominação

Chalone

Corpo

medium

Acidez

high

Doçura

dry

Safras avaliadas

• 201592 pts

  Winemaker Bill Brosseau tapped into his family's vineyard to produce this light and delicate wine. Its aromas suggest white flowers, key lime and chalk, while its flavors are high-toned and tight, recalling chilled pear, lime and pomelo pith. A graphite-like minerality adds comp…

• 201492 pts

  Winemaker Bill Brousseau taps his family vineyard for this bottling that leans toward a more delicate style, offering light white flowers, yellow melon, tangerine peels, kumquat, Asian pear and a hint of clove and cinnamon spice. A baking-soda energy pops on the palate, where le…

• 201291 pts

  There's a fascinating presence of herb-roasted chicken to the well-balanced nose of this Chardonnay from the historic Brousseay Vineyard, alongside chalky minerality, golden apple and Asian pear. Once sipped, it's very easy on the palate, with baked apple, wet stone, slight kiwi…

• 201189 pts

  Acidity and mushroom and earth notes combine to mute the fresh fruits in this Chardonnay. It's rich in apricots, oranges and peaches, enhanced by oak, but has a dry, austere tug that suggests brief cellaring. Drink after 2016.

• 201093 pts

  This is the most remniscent of Chablis among Testarossa's new Chardonnays. It's a minerally, chalky wine, bone dry and with lots of acidity, which makes it racy and clean. But it also has a solid core of ripe oranges and limes. It's fine to drink now, and could even develop mush…

• 200687 pts

  Earthy, like some Napa Chards, with a sage and thyme edge to the pear and peach fruit. The wine also is a little soft. But there's an interesting minerality. Could develop bottle complexity over the next few years.