With clean, fresh apple and citrus fruit flavors and excellent length on the palate, this is a beautifully balanced expression of Chardonnay. Less exuberant than its Costello Vineyard stablemate, it offers refreshing but also sophisticated style and charm. (Tasted blind at last month’s International Eastern Wine Competition.)
Dutcher Crossing, Alexander Valley (Sonoma County, California) Chardonnay 2008
By Paul Lukacs