Green-tinged yellow. Poached pear, apple and melon aromas are given depth by smoky lees. Pleasantly bitter flavors of ripe orchard fruits and toasted grain pick up a sweet honey note with air. A plump, inviting style of chardonnay that finishes with lingering spiciness.

A lesser wine in every way than its mate above, this one never begins to find the necessary fruit for success and its wiry, nervy aromas of minerals and chalk are followed by equally unfulfilled flavors of modest length and pithy feel.

Rating for United States-California-Central Coast: 87 (bad vintage)<br/><br/>Drinkability: unpredictable<br/>

WE editor's choice 90. Pie filling pineapple jam, mandarin orange zest, apricot brûlée, and vanilla custard flavors.

Smooth creamy, buttery and delicious