The nose leads with wonderful notes of yellow apple, lime, and fresh chamomile flowers, and is complexed with a hint of green tea, musk melon, and lanolin. The palate is well-balanced with notes of mineral and apple skin, and starfruit. There is an impression of tannin that seems to cling onto a protracted finish, owing to the old Wente clone.
2015 Olivet Lane Vineyard Chardonnay
Reviews
93 / Connoisseurs’ Guide
This wine may get a creamy and quietly complexing boost from its time in barrel, but it is far and away more concerned with fruity richness than it is with oaky richness, and it is defined first and last by it’s very generous complement of juicy, optimally ripened apples and pears. That said, this is no simple Quaffer, and it teases with glimmers of certain layering to come, but is so deep in fruit and tasty right now, that waiting will not be easy.
90 / Wine Enthusiast
This lovely, full-bodied white offers generous caramel apple and baked pear flavors cradled in toasted oak that brings nutmeg and vanilla aspects. The rich roundness finds refreshment on the finish in stony acidity.
- Alcohol
- 14.5%
- pH
- 3.46
- TA
- 0.63 g/100mL
- Barrel Aging
- 15 months
- Barrel Selection
- 20% new, 13% 1 yr., 23% 2 yr., 44% 3+ yr.
When to Drink
2018-2025
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