Winemaker Notes
This dynamic and beautifully balanced Chardonnay offers aromas of pear, Fuji apple, brioche, lemon zest, toasted hazelnuts and orange blossom. On the palate, zesty citrus flavors are framed by energetic cool-climate acidity, with hints of crème brûlée and sweet baking spice emerging on the long, refreshing finish.
Professional Ratings
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James Suckling
Bright aromas of preserved lemons, pastry, green apples and honeysuckle. The palate is medium-bodied with a creamy texture and integrated acidity, giving notes of lime curd, grapefruit pith and orange rind. Generous, with a fresh backbone.
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Wilfred Wong of Wine.com
COMMENTARY: The 2022 Migration Sonoma Chardonnay is intense yet stylish. Enjoy its aromas and flavors of ripe citrus, suggestions of oak, hints of minerality, and brown leaves with a savory fish stew. (Tasted: May 31, 2024, San Francisco, CA)
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Wine Spectator
Lush and appealing, with notes of grilled peach and apricot, plus a touch of mango. Shows wonderful, energetic acidity at the backbone, offering a hint of creamy lemon curd on the finish, with a candied ginger detail. Drink now. 5,110 cases made.
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Jeb Dunnuck
The 2022 Chardonnay Sonoma Coast pours a medium hay straw color and is ripe with aromas of white peach, pithy orange citrus, delicate sweet baking spice, and vanilla. Medium to full-bodied, it’s supple on the palate, with its custardy notes coming through, notes of sweet pastry cream, and a rather long 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.
A vast appellation covering Sonoma County’s Pacific coastline, the Sonoma Coast AVA runs all the way from the Mendocino County border, south to the San Pablo Bay. The region can actually be divided into two sections—the actual coastal vineyards, marked by marine soils, cool temperatures and saline ocean breezes—and the warmer, drier vineyards further inland, which are still heavily influenced by the Pacific but not quite with same intensity.
Contained within the appellation are the much smaller Fort Ross-Seaview and Petaluma Gap AVAs.
The Sonoma Coast is highly regarded for elegant Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, and, increasingly, cool-climate Syrah. The wines have high acidity, moderate alcohol, firm tannin, and balanced ripeness.