Tasted 8 September 2019
Central Coast · Sta. Rita Hills
The most accessible and giving in the flavor department compared to its 2012 and 2014 siblings served beside it, this 2013 impresses for its ripe red cherry, red raspberry, orange rind, pomegranate, cranberry, and chalk…
Predictable California Chardonnay flavors of lemon curd and vanilla. Not a bad execution of flavor necessarily in that it doesn't come across overly gummy or nauseatingly cloying, but it really…
Smooth and inviting, if not fairly simple and a bit of a snoozer. It's medium all the way around, with lemon, vanilla cream, pear, and a slight floral note. Predictable but not totally off-putting.…
This is certainly a lemon curd, popcorn, vanillin California Chardonnay, but luckily it doesn't totally collapse under the confection-weight of the barrel treatment, still allowing the core yellow…
