“The extract and sheer intensity of this youthful, medium-bodied chardonnay is palate-staining from the impact of nectarines, mandarin peel and white peaches. There is crunchiness and a touch of flintiness, cashews and preserved lemon bitterness at the core and in the long finish. A real crowd pleaser.”

“Smoky nose, deep nectarine sweetness, crystalline acidity, bitter lemon. Pomelo. Richer and more intentional than their Peninsula Chardonnay. Smoke threading in and out of dramatic lemon (and lemon-zested-curd) fruit. Sliced arcs of acidity. Focused to the marble-hard, long edges”.

Fruit off nine rows of the original plantings, nearly 40 years old now; hand picked of course, whole-bunch pressed to French oak puncheons, wild fermentation, regular lees stirring and mlf. It’s developed into its own style over the years. This is brimming with stone fruit and citrus, creamy, luscious and nutty lees, some lemon tart, too. Yet the palate is led by acidity, refreshing and invigorating, tempering the rich winemaking inputs.