This is a terrific wine from a vineyard sitting at between 1,360 ft and 1,610 ft elevation in the Santa Cruz Mountains. It embodies everything that is great about contemporary California Chardonnay: it is sleek, full of finesse, possessing brilliant stone fruit (apricot) and citrus (lemon) flavors, plus a brilliant nuanced limestone and shale minerality drawn from the Santa Cruz Mountains site. It is exactly as advertised, but for the stated list price of $99 bottle, I'm not sure it delivers in terms of value. Don't get me wrong, this is a really good wine, but at this price I expect some kind of panache that goes beyond correct and precise. I'm just not getting a lot of 'wow' out of this wine. I look forward to tasting more from this producer, which has been getting some great accolades from my colleagues. (92 Points)
- Tim Teichgraeber
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