Chardonnay

The 2020 Chardonnay Goldberg Variations No. 3 Hyde Vineyard comes from a great site in Carneros in the southern part of the Napa Valley. It has a pure clean classy nose of ripe melon and honeyed apples as well as notes of toasted... Read More

From one of the iconic sites in Carneros the 2021 Chardonnay Goldberg Variations No. 4 Hyde Vineyard will give a great vintage from Aubert a run for its money. Ripe pineapple honeyed lemon candle wax green almond and toasted bread... Read More

The 2020 Chardonnay Kokoro is a selection made by Lato and comes from the single vineyards. Aged 16 months in 60% new French oak it reveals a lighter gold hue to go with an incredibly pure and precise nose of stone fruits honeyed... Read More

From a great site outside of Santa Maria the 2020 Chardonnay Le Souvenir Sierra Madre Vineyard is another ripe powerful Chardonnay revealing musky notes of melon honeyed lemon toasted bread and hints of almond paste and chalky... Read More

Coming from a site in the Santa Maria Valley the 2021 Chardonnay Le Souvenir Sierra Madre Vineyard offers more minerality and salinity with crisp citrus and orchard fruits medium to full body bright juicy acidity terrific mid-palate... Read More

From the site high on the Montagne de Beaune Seiichi's 2019 Beaune Blanc mingles notes of pear and crisp green apple with white flowers and fresh bread. Medium-bodied chalky and precise with a layered concentrated core and... Read More

Notes of pear and peach mingle with almond paste toasted nuts white flowers and orange oil in an inviting bouquet introducing the 2019 Pernand-Vergelesses Blanc a medium-bodied bright and nicely concentrated wine that is lively... Read More

Here the expressive nose is compositionally similar to the straight Pernand but it offers better layering. On the palate the medium weight flavors possess more volume and richness while displaying a highly refreshing salinity... Read More

Moncuit's Extra Brut Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru Millesimé shows a different facet of its personality in this version with lower dosage vis-à-vis the Brut version. Here the flavors are brighter and more sculpted throughout.... Read More

The 2020 Meursault Les Tessons reveals aromas of crisp orchard fruit and orange oil mingled with hints of freshly baked bread and hazelnuts. Medium to full-bodied deep and concentrated with tangy acids and chalky structuring extract... Read More

A vaguely exotic though very pretty nose offers up notes of passion fruit melon and lychee along with hints of jasmine tea and white peach. There is excellent intensity to the overtly stony and racy middle weight flavors that... Read More

The 2019 Chardonnay Sta. Rita Hills cuvée is a wonderful wine and a terrific introduction to the Racines Chardonnays. Creamy and layered in the glass the 2019 has so much to offer. Lemon confit white flowers mint white pepper... Read More