MacRostie’s macro AVA Chardonnay blend represents a crowd-pleasing value, delivering bright passion fruit and linalool aromas that lead to a fruit forward palate of ripe apple and Meyer lemon fruit, with lively acidity taming the sweetish edge nicely. The combination of lees aging in new oak, used oak and stainless steel coupled with partial malolactic fermentation works well. You can bet everyone at the party will say yes to this.
MacRostie Winery and Vineyards, Sonoma Coast (Sonoma County, California) Chardonnay 2020
By Rich Cook