Winemaker Notes
A beautiful pale straw color and day bright, the wine is super clean. The nose has
hints of lemon yogurt, pineapple, and yellow pear. In the mouth, the pear, pineapple, and lemon remain with the addition of ripe honeydew melon and a tinge of salinity on the finish.
Moderate alcohol with balanced acid complete a true Sonoma style chardonnay that is the perfect complement to sushi or mild, soft cheeses.
Professional Ratings
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James Suckling
Notes of sliced pears, lemon zest, white flowers and beeswax. Medium- to full-bodied, juicy and vivid with crunchy stone fruit and a tangy finish.
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Wine Enthusiast
Fruity and refreshing, this well-balanced and medium-bodied wine offers mouthfilling Golden apple and Bosc pear flavors backed by lively acidity and mild notes of vanilla and butter.
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Wilfred Wong of Wine.com
COMMENTARY: The 2021 La Follette Los Primeros Chardonnay is stylish, well-balanced, and accurate to the grape's variety. TASTING NOTES: This wine exhibits aromas and flavors of savory earth, rustic notes, dried leaves, dried leaves, and chalkiness. Pair it with an oven-roasted chicken. (Tasted: January 7, 2023, San Francisco, CA)
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Wine Spectator
Reveals robust citrus, apple and pear flavors showing soft hints of vanilla, spices and toast, but the seamlessness and integration of the flavors, along with the crisp acidity, are to be admired. Delivers a nice lingering drizzle of honey and grilled peach on the finish. Drink now. 2,451 cases made.
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.
Home to a diverse array of smaller AVAs with varied microclimates and soil types, Sonoma County has something for every wine lover. Physically twice as large as Napa Valley, the region only produces about half the amount of wine but boasts both tremendous quality and variety. With its laid-back atmosphere and down-to-earth attitude, the wineries of Sonoma are appreciated by wine tourists for their friendliness and approachability. The entire county intends to become a 100% sustainable winegrowing region by 2019.
Sonoma County wines are produced with carefully selected grape varieties to reflect the best attributes of their sites—Dry Creek Valley’s consistent sunshine is ideal for Zinfandel, while the warm Alexander Valley is responsible for rich, voluptuous red wines like Cabernet Sauvignon. Chardonnay and Pinot Noir are important throughout the county, most notably in the cooler AVAs of Russian River, Sonoma Coast and Carneros. Sauvignon Blanc, Merlot and Syrah have also found a firm footing here.