Winemaker Notes
Professional Ratings
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 2014 Limestone Hill Chardonnay has a more austere but more intellectual bouquet compared to the Bon Vallon with stony, mineral scents coming through with aeration. The palate is well-balanced with vibrant acidity, plush peach and mango notes with a refined but generous finish that offers hints of apricot and fruit salad on the aftertaste. Excellent.
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Wine Spectator
A lush, forward style, with alluring papaya, melon and creamed peach flavors laced with a hint of grilled hazelnut. Has just enough zip to keep going in the end. For fans of the tropical style. Drink now.
One of the most popular and versatile white wine grapes, Chardonnay offers a wide range of flavors and styles depending on where it is grown and how it is made. While it tends to flourish in most environments, Chardonnay from its Burgundian homeland produces some of the most remarkable and longest lived examples. California produces both oaky, buttery styles and leaner, European-inspired wines. Somm Secret—The Burgundian subregion of Chablis, while typically using older oak barrels, produces a bright style similar to the unoaked style. Anyone who doesn't like oaky Chardonnay would likely enjoy Chablis.
Within the Breede River Valley in South Africa, Robertson is a warm and dry winegrowing region notable for its white wines. The region is home to an increasing number of estates and cooperatives.