Winemaker Notes
The Gold Label wines showcase the beauty of their maritime terroir at an outstanding value. A very versatile, food-friendly wine with great aging potential.
Light shiny golden in color. Beautiful elegant Chardonnay aromas fill the glass. Fine ripe fruit with a lush creaminess and abundant floral notes. The mouth-feel is ripe but delicate and very well-balanced. There is great ripe concentrated fruit feel, lovely skin and fine lees characters, and a wonderful refined acidity. The wine has a medium body with clean and pure fruit and a long pleasing finish.
Professional Ratings
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James Suckling
Layers of tropical fruit and sweet spices on the nose, with hints of lemon curd, pineapple, peaches and chalk. The palate is lively, with a medium body balanced with finely integrated acidity and a long, delightful finish. Lingering notes of apricot, honeydew melon and limes.
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 far-reaching peninsula extending into the Atlantic Ocean from the city of New York, the Long Island appellation includes The Hamptons and North Fork AVAs. With a maritime climate and conditions not unlike that in Bordeaux, the region excels in the production of Bordeaux varieties, namely Merlot and Cabernet Franc.