Winemaker Notes
This wine has aromas of green apple, jasmine and pineapple with flavors of lemon curd, nectarine and a salty minerality note.
Professional Ratings
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James Suckling
A brilliant, bracing, almost electric wine that's racy in texture, saline and mineral in flavor, and eventually rounded and creamy as it opens in the glass. Unusually high in acidity, very fresh, linear and energetic. Light-bodied at less than 13% alcohol.
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Wine Spectator
Sleek and intense, with mouthwatering, bright, lip-smacking acidity that acts as the backbone for intense flavors of salted and preserved lemon, yellow apple, and pomelo. Freshly grated ginger, crunchy star fruit and sea salt notes add to the intensity, with touches of white tea and jasmine on the 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.
Known for elegant wines that combine power and finesse, Carneros is set in the rolling hills that straddle the southernmost parts of both Sonoma and Napa counties. The cooling winds from the abutting San Pablo Bay, combined with lots of midday California sunshine, create an ideal environment for producing wines with a perfect balance of crisp acidity and well-ripened fruit.
This cooler pocket of California lends itself to growing Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Syrah. Carneros is an important source of sparkling wines made in the style of Champagne as well.