Winemaker Notes
Beautiful fruit aromas of zesty lime and Meyer lemon, yellow apple, yellow pear and kiwi complement notes of lemon verbena, chalkboard dust and crushed granite. Broad and juicy, the palate echoes the yellow apple and pear on the nose along with additional notes of apricot, hints of white peach, pineapple and honeysuckle. The delicious fruit flavors carry on a long, minerally finish.
Professional Ratings
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Wine Spectator
Distinctive and impressive for its freshness, with Bartlett pear, lime and pomelo flavors that are crisp and lively at the core, revealing accents of fresh-grated ginger, lemon blossoms and white pepper on the finish.
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Wine Enthusiast
Compact, concentrated and rather tightly wound, this attractive, light-bodied wine needs time to loosen up and offer more complexity. With minimal oak influence, it offers crisp apple and peach flavors, a refreshing mouthfeel and clean finish.
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.
Covering the western slopes of the Mayacamas Mountains, facing the city of Sonoma, Moon Mountain District is one of Sonoma’s newest sub-appellations. Here the well-drained, red volcanic and ash soils produce hauntingly intense red wines, mainly from Zinfandel and Cabernet Sauvignon and other Bordeaux varieties.