This lovely Chardonnay, from Stillwater Creek vineyard grapes, is the first from Baer in some years. Ripe and tropical, it nonetheless retains its firm acidity, given the vintage and the vineyard location in the Frenchman Hills. A very fine effort by Lisa Baer, it slides into a satisfying, lightly butterscotch finish.——P.G.(11/1/2009)—— 91