Flowers, Chardonnay

Flowers, ChardonnayLeesy and creamy on the nose, baked apple fruit with some sweet spice too. More acidity than you might expect angular, almost. (RH)

a touch of asparagus gives the wine a greenness in the middle palate but there's also plenty of supporting dark fruit and graphite minerality

spice and an interesting whiff of orange peel

Sexy mineral- and spice-laced black raspberry

this is an attractive mix of beautiful fruit and ample Gevrey character

As with most of the single-vineyard wines from the vintage

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despite yield reductions due to early frost and August sunburn

and black tea

it has impeccable balance and 4-6 years of aging potential

Bright and nicely focused

Touches of honeysuckle

The more refined and precise if less concentrated flavors brim with evident minerality that also suffuses the moderately austere