Fresh, lively flavors of green apple, melon and tangerine are clean and refreshingly pure. Drink now. 70,200 cases made.??–JL??Region: California / Carneros Select to Add

There’s a Chablis-like elegance to this Chardonnay in the dryness and minerality, which stimulates the palate with a chalky, steely tartness. That’s not to minimize the pineapple and pear fruit, much less the buttered toast and vanilla cream from oak. Very nice. Easy to find, with more than 70,000 cases produced.——S.H.(11/1/2009)—— 89