"This terrific portfolio of values is led by Foxglove's remarkable 2009 Chardonnay, a non-oaked, stainless steel-fermented and aged white that sees no malolactic fermentation. Moreover, there are 30,000 cases of this beauty, a blend of two-thirds Santa Barbara County fruit and the rest from Paso Robles and further north in Monterey. It exhibits crisp honeyed lemon, citrus, poached pear, and honeysuckle notes intermixed with a hint of pineapple. However, it is the zesty acidity, stunning purity, a...

Fermented and aged completely in stainless steel with no malolactic fermentation. Loads of tropical fruit, honeysuckle, and orange blossom notes fill the olfactory sense. Buttressed by crisp underlying acidity, the result is a fresh, naked expression of Chardonnay that is top-flight