Sbragia Home Ranch Chardonnay (Dry Creek Valley)

Ficha técnica

Tipo

White

Uva

Chardonnay

País

United States

Região

Dry Creek Valley · Sonoma

Denominação

Dry Creek Valley

Corpo

full

Acidez

high

Doçura

dry

Safras avaliadas

• 201688 pts

  Aged a mere five months in oak, this fresh offering is nutty and expansive on the palate, presenting brawny, full-bodied pineapple and anise flavors. Concentrated and ripe, it's for fans of the style.

• 201488 pts

  A flintiness mixes with lemon peel in this full-bodied, oak-driven white with aspects of freshness that balance the more concentrated flavor and texture.

• 201288 pts

  This wine offers a ripe abundance of apple and pear, veering almost into tropical flavors. It conveys richness amid a streak of high acidity, the oak semi-restrained. It finishes in vanilla crème brûlée.

• 200989 pts

  Exceeds in ripe flavors of tropical fruits, tangerine and kiwi fruits, with an elaborate coating of sweet, caramelized oak. Brisk acidity brings a vitality to balance the richness. A flamboyant wine made in a popularly appealing style.

• 200686 pts

  Those used to the fabulous richness of Ed Sbragia's Chardonnays at Beringer might find this disappointing. It's a good wine, with the Burgundian formula of half-barrel fermention in new oak, malolactic fermentation and weekly lees stirring, so it has those winemaker-added notes…