Napa Valley Chardonnay

The 2018 Chardonnay is a gorgeous, luscious Chardonnay loaded with character. Plush fruit and soft contours bring out all of the natural richness of various Wente Clone Chardonnay selections. Almond paste, dried flowers, butter, chamomile, apricot and tropical fruit all build into a striking crescendo of flavors and textures. This is an especially oily, weighty style of Napa Valley Chardonnay. As always, the Napa Valley Chardonnay is a blend of fruit from Hudson and Hyde. (Antonio Galloni, Vinous, March 2021)

Pineapple, Lemon, lime zest, mandarin, peach, green apple, creme brûlée, butterscotch.

Summer

Kongsgaard - always a privilege and pleasure. Such complexity even in its youth. Full on Burgundian textures multi layered palate with flinty entry and beautiful full bodied orchard fruits on the palate. Virtuoso stuff.

Wow. Just wow 🤩 only the best for my wife on Mother’s Day. Happy Mother’s Day to all the Delectable Moms 🥂

Oak, beautiful fruit, body, all integrating.

Not the judge but still enjoyable

Not many better domestic Chardonnays than Kongsgaard. Huge stone fruit with all kinds of complications and a very slight and hidden bitterness lurking. Gorgeous. Too young but damn so good.

Another good bottle of this tho this one seemed to have a lot of really tight phenol type wax up front overpowering the fruit

Stanley had this 4 years ago