Winemaker Notes
Fresh lemon curd tart, candied lime rind, lemon cream and hazelnuts, lemon grass, fresh thyme, ripe honeydew melon, mandarin and lime blossom on the nose. Bright and wildly expressive with fine acidity and long mineralogy perfectly matched by a lush and fresh lemon/lime zest on the mid-palate. Graham cracker cheesecake crust, lemon cream brioche with honey and wildflowers complete the long elegant finish.
Pair with spring risotto with asparagus and fresh shaved pecorino, roasted rainbow carrots with honey-butter glaze, Linguini con Vongole
Professional Ratings
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 2016 Chardonnay Sangiacomo Vineyard Roberts Road gives a restrained nose of fresh lemons, lime leaves and crushed rocks with hints of grapefruit peel, peach kernels and white pepper. Medium-bodied, tightly wound and with fantastic tension in the mouth, the palate reveals fantastic intensity and depth, finishing long and minerally.
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.