Monte Bello Chardonnay

Salt and honeyed notes. Slate and a bit of apricot. Good stuff.

Bonkers. Loads of primary fruit. Seems like it was bottled yesterday. Explosive and just kind of mind altering. Hard to believe how this showed with such age.

Long, balanced acid, banana. Ethanol

Hmm. Lots of oak, buttery, lots of vanilla, moderate volume and a sweetness on the finish. Sub acid.

Starting to get going a week in… definitely gaining volume and complexity.

Big tropical fruits, lemon curd, luscious, yet retains acid in the end…maybe too much vanilla cream (oak) for me, but overall delicious after dinner and segway to whiskey around the fire….

First Ridge Chardonnay, not my last. Well made wine that brings me back to Burgundy is so many way’s.

A bit lackluster, a bit to much oak for my preference, wish I would have opened it up earlier or just have cellared it for another 5-10 years.

Baby Chardonnay will super ripe fruit, creamy, a touch of vanilla and butter pits right where I love Chardonnay...but...that climate and region still able to hold a core of acid with a strong finish completes it...

Nice, bold, some oak

Beautiful LONG finish on this creamy Chardonnay. Finished it off with an all Bruschetta dinner.