Lush and flavorful, Steele’s Parmelee Hill Vineyard Chardonnay is attractive indeed, with peach and tropical fruit flavors (mango, papaya) judiciously counterbalanced by calming acidity. In some ways this white wine’s full body, forthright flavor and high alcohol content (14.5%) mirrors certain red wines. The wine was barrel fermented in French oak for twelve months.
Steele, Sonoma Valley (Sonoma County, California) Chardonnay 2018
By Marguerite Thomas