Chardonnay Wine between $25 and $50

Ripe and fresh aromas of petrol and various white orchard fruit give way to succulent plump and delicious middleweight flavors that conclude in a clean moderately dry and refreshing finale. To enjoy young. (Drink starting 2025)... Read More

Smoky aromas of petrol lemon-lime and pear give way to delicious and nicely voluminous flavors that are unusually fine in the context of what is typical for the appellation all wrapped in an appealingly dry and persistent finale.... Read More

A slightly riper nose combines notes of just sliced pear and apple along with background nuances of floral and zest trimmed in mildly more wood influence. The rich delicious and beautifully textured medium-bodied flavors possess... Read More

An ultra clean bright and ripe green and yellow fruit nose that is riper than its '06 counterpart introduces spicy delicious and textured middle weight flavors that are delicious minerally and display a hint of the exotic... Read More

Assembled in tank in late July having been in older and mostly larger barrels. To bottle in December. Clear pale colour. Lots of energy here this is very much the Bourgogne Blanc that I know and appreciate from Dominique Lafon.... Read More

The Elena Walch 2023 Vigna Castel Ringberg Pinot Grigio is a stunner starting with its alluring aromas of ripe white stone fruit sun-warmed hay citrus and a floral whiff of hawthorn. Creamy and delicious the smooth palate delivers... Read More

13% alcohol. From an own-rooted vineyard planted in 1972 at 1400 ft 3 miles from the Pacific (it’s Bohan Vineyard) this is fermented in French oak (20% new) and has minimum effective SO2 added. It’s sensational. Taut fine... Read More

From foudre. This one had finished fermenting. Mid lemon yellow a mix of apples and pears on the nose. More generous than usual but still with its more typical white fruit with some minerals. Fine length.

The Uchizy has fallen clear with a lemon and lime colour. Pure clear and chiselled less evidently 2023 a little reduction then the muscatty component arrives behind. Long refined and not too fleshy.

A similar colour with a green streak and quite a steely nose. Here the weight of the fruit sits at the back of the palate ripe citrus notes otherwise white fruit plenty of energy not too much sucrosity relatively classic.... Read More

Creamy pear with a touch of sweet spice. Even a suggestion of clementine. Bone dry chalky mouth-watering. Perfect balance and good length. (JH) (Drink between 2025-2029)

The nose of the 2020 PlumpJack Reserve Chardonnay opens with a range of citrus notes – lemon, orange zest, pomelo, and key lime. Just behind these are the rich tropical notes of lychee and feijoa along with the sweeter,... Read More

By Antonio Galloni The 2020 Chardonnay Bien Nacido Vineyard from Block I shows all the class that is so typical of the best wines of this site. Silky and layered with striking depth the Bien Nacido Chardonnay is gorgeous. Light... Read More

The 2021 Chardonnay Presqu'ile Vineyard is one of the best wines I have tasted here in some time. It marries depth textural resonance and energy in style. Lemon peel almond dried flowers and chamomile are some of the many... Read More