Knights Bridge West Block Chardonnay (Knights Valley)

Ficha técnica

Tipo

White

Uva

Chardonnay

País

United States

Região

Knights Valley · Sonoma

Denominação

Knights Valley

Corpo

full

Acidez

medium

Doçura

dry

Safras avaliadas

• 201591 pts

  Entirely fermented in French oak before an additional 18 months spent aging also in oak, this wine offers an intoxicating floral entry of apple blossom and lime. Creamy and velvety in texture, its taste profile ranges from spicy nutmeg and apple pie to clarified butter.

• 201093 pts

  This wine has varied over the years, but with the cool 2010 vintage, it really shows how fine its terroir can shine. A full degree of alcohol lower than the 2009, it's bone dry, brisk in acidity, and stimulating in its minerally taste and texture—like a lick of cold steel. There…

• 200893 pts

  Awesomely rich, showing fine acidity and a stony minerality that ground and anchor it, but really notable for the explosive tropical fruit, apricot, pear and buttery oak flavors that are so opulent. The wine went through a complete malolactic fermentation.

• 200791 pts

  With high alcohol and 100% new French oak, this wine could easily be clumsy, but it isn't. It defines the ripe California style. It's a little hot, but so massive in flavors of pineapples, lemondrop candy, crème brûlée and sweet buttered toast, you can't help but be impressed. A…