Winemaker Notes
Matchbook Chardonnay is aged in a combination of older barrels and brand-new oak to achieve the right balance of tropical fruit, cream and vanilla. Rich flavors of pineapple, mango and melon with a creamy texture and crisp finish.
Professional Ratings
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Wine Enthusiast
This wine is lush, with aromas of baked Pink Lady apple, apricot, toasted oak and notes of dried potpourri on the nose. The flavors on the palate are baked peach, pineapple and mango, layered with nutmeg, orange-vanilla cream and a dry 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.
Mitigated by mild Sacramento River Delta breezes, the Dunnigan Hills appellation is in the northwest portion of Yolo County and has a Mediterranean climate.