Winemaker Notes
Vibrant aromas of lemon, lemon curd, Granny Smith apple, graham crackers, and vanilla bean. The palate reflects these flavors with a touch of lanolin and tangerine. The fruit and a finely grained acidity strike a wonderful balance.
Professional Ratings
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Wilfred Wong of Wine.com
COMMENTARY: The 2019 Poseidon Estate Chardonnay delivers nicely on the palate. TASTING NOTES: This wine exhibits aromas and flavors of ripe fruit, earth, and chalk. Pair it with grilled butterfish. (Tasted: January 22, 2022, San Francisco, CA)
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James Suckling
A rich, nutty chardonnay with aromas of hazelnut, chamomile, fudge, peach pit and apricot. Full-bodied with a round, creamy palate. Chopped-hazelnut notes to close.
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Wine Enthusiast
Nutty and floral, with spiced oak, this is a textured and tightly grippy white wine from the producer's estate. Medium in weight, it showcases flavors of honeycomb and apricot.
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Wine & Spirits
Smoky and round, this is an oak-driven chardonnay with plenty of rich citrus fruit to fill it. There’s clarity to the lemon thyme and lemon curd flavors in the end, making this a complement to grilled salmon.
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.