2014 Frank Family Vineyards Chardonnay Carneros, Napa Valley
“Sunny and refreshing.”
White Wines
2014 Massican Winery Chardonnay Hyde Vineyards Napa Valley
“More about linearity than flesh.”
2014 Vionta Albariño Rías Baixas DO
“Citrus and stone fruit—but don’t serve it too young.”
2014 Paramus Verdejo Rueda DO
“A lush perfume of jasmine and green flowers, Meyer lemon, lime peel.”
2013 Tin Barn Vineyards Sauvignon Blanc Hi Vista Vineyard Carneros, Sonoma County
“White flowers wreath a body tinged with citrus and honeydew.”
2014 Martin Ray Winery Chardonnay Mill Station Vineyard Dutton Ranch, Green Valley of Russian River Valley, Sonoma County
“Wet clay after spring rain, raw milk, stone, citrus peels.”
2014 Martin Ray Winery Chardonnay Bald Mountain Vineyard Santa Cruz Mountains
“Cooling and serene, serpentine, with a lemony through-action.”
2015 Kim Crawford Sauvignon Blanc Marlborough
“Effusive with kiwi, passion fruit, and lime juice tang.”
2014 Markus Wine Company Nimmo White Blend Lodi
“White flowers, spiced yellow apple, and diesel.”
2015 Holman Cellars Uncharted Bacchus, Mokelumne Glen Vineyard Lodi
“An apple-y, cider-y varietal Bacchus—from Lodi.”
NV Taittinger Brut La Française Champagne
“Fine, clean lines and an acid-etched tracery of flowers and minerals and fruit.”
2012 Hermann J. Wiemer Riesling Magdalena Vineyard Seneca Lake
Porcelain, paperwhites, the fine, reedy bones of birds