Winemaker Notes
Professional Ratings
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Wine Enthusiast
This powerful wine spreads rich butter and vanilla overtones across a foundation of crisp apple and lemon, while riper pear and fig flavors build on the palate and linger on the finish. A complex array of baking spices and a hint of toast add complexity and interest.
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Wilfred Wong of Wine.com
COMMENTARY: The 2017 Poseidon Vineyard Estate Chardonnay shows excellent richness while exhibiting attractive brightness. TASTING NOTES: This wine offers pleasing aromas and flavors of ripe core stone fruit and oaky notes. Pair with a fresh green salad topped with grilled chicken and sliced peaches. (Tasted: March 31, 2020, San Francisco, CA)
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.