This bottle offers a cool climate alternative to V. Sattui’s Napa Valley offerings, and each year that it has been included it’s a welcome addition, focusing on bright fruit — apple, stone fruit and a light tropical note all fold together and finish long. It is an appreciated stylistic departure from the more classically styled Chardonnays on the winery’s tasting room list, and it’s often a fan favorite in the line-up. I suspect this will keep the string going.
V. Sattui Winery, Russian River Valley (Sonoma County, California) Chardonnay 2021
By Rich Cook