Winemaker Anthony King picks his Chardonnay early, he says, to preserve the vibrant citrus and floral characteristics of the grape.t This is a total success on that score, bursting from the glass with a mix of lime and citrus blossom. As you taste it becomes apparent that this is a wine of genuine muscle and depth; the flavors penetrate and linger, along with seams of mineral and a lick of vanilla. ——P.G.(10/1/2011)—— 92

Sometimes a reserve designation on a Chardonnay simply translates to excessive use of new oak; here it brings a rich abundance of fruit, along with a density and texture rarely found in domestic Chardonnays. This is a fruit salad of a wine, to be sure, running through a farmer’s market’s worth of peaches, apples, pears, apricots, bananas and more. But it also brings the butter, the butterscotch and the barrel toast, layered in and wrapped around the fruits so it has the richness of a banana split, and some of the creaminess as well.——P.G.(12/15/2008)—— 91