Winemaker Notes
Luke Chardonnay is 100% Evergreen Vineyard, hailed as one of Washington’s signature white wine vineyards. Burgundian in style, this Chardonnay is barrel fermented and barrel aged. The result is a wine layered with notes of creme bruleé, vanilla, mango, banana peel, and baked pie crust. A thin layer of minerality and acidity lengthen the finish providing\ a lasting impression of what the Columbia Valley has to offer.
Professional Ratings
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Wine Enthusiast
Rich aromatics of melted lemon butter with seared scallops should be enough. The wine’s vanilla bean and pineapple aromas are mere bonuses. Even the wine’s mouthfeel is creamy and buttery, with flavors of peaches, mango, toasted filberts and just enough acidity to hold it all together.
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.
