Winemaker Notes
From the famed West Sonoma Coast, this 2021 Chardonnay is bright and mineral-driven with aromas of crushed limestone, honeycomb, green apple and crème brûlée. It excites the palate and will leave consumers blown away with the level of quality at this price point from the pedigreed team of Royal Prince.
Professional Ratings
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Tasting Panel
The entry gleams like a gem with lemon blossom, chamomile, and sugared papaya. Vanilla custard adds texture to the mouth- feel while passion-fruit sorbet cleanses the finish with balanced intensity.
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Wine Enthusiast
This buttery, full-flavored wine blends hints of white truffles with poached pear and toast notes that carry into a lingering finish. Good balance and a sense of freshness add to its appeal
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.