2019 Gundlach Bundschu Estate Chardonnay Sonoma Coast
This Chardonnay is grown on the Gundlach Bundschu estate in a zone cooled by the Petaluma Gap. The average vine age is 30 years,…
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2019 Flowers Vineyards and Winery Chardonnay Sonoma Coast
Flowers’s Sonoma Coast Chardonnay is sourced from a mix of vineyards, including the estate’s own Camp Meeting Ridge. The wine spends 11 Months French…
Gosset to Ring in the New Year
On a sweeping tour of France in 2017, I had the good chance to visit Gosset at their gracious facility in Épernay, tasting their…
2019 Left Coast Chardonnay Truffle Hill Willamette Valley
The 14-acre estate Truffle Hill vineyard is so named because it’s also home to three acres of hazelnut trees that were inoculated for black…
2017 Domaine Faiveley Les Villeranges Rully
Faiveley’s Rully is old school but stylish, 100 percent Chardonnay (as white Rully must be), from the Villeranges lieu-dit. The fruit was pressed and…
Massican’s Four 2020s
Massican’s four whites are, as always, a harmonious chorus
2019 Frank Family Vineyards Chardonnay Carneros
Frank Family sources the Chardonnay for this bottling from a range of estates in cool-climate Carneros. The wine was barrel fermented and aged for…
2011 Jean-Marc Brocard Chablis Vaulorent Premier Cru
Brocard’s 2011 Premier Cru Chablis from Vaulorent has acquired a luxurious patina of age
Billecart-Salmon Brut Réserve Champagne
What a year it’s been! But this particular evening I had something to celebrate, having received my second vaccine dose and, after a few…
Charles Heidsieck Brut Réserve Champagne
Charles Heidsieck’s brut réserve is 40 percent Chardonnay, 40 percent Pinot noir, and 20 percent Meunier from 60 crus. Forty percent of the cuvée…
The Hilt Estate 2018 Pinot Noir and Chardonnay
A pair of wines from Sta. Rita Hills
Domaine Carneros Le Rêve 2012 and 1992
Domaine Carneros founding winemaker Eileen Crane recently retired after thirty years at the helm, handing the reins to another experienced wine maker and executive,…