Baked lemon, apple, lemon peel and paraffin aromas show on the nose of this bottling. The palate is very down the middle and familiar, offering toasted nut, light butter and tart apple flavors. 

This wine is textbook Bien Nacido in its aromatic mixture of fresh and baked apple, lemon cream, white peach, nougat, toasted oak spice and earthy undercurrents

Its fresh acidity brightens up the palate, introducing flavors of tropical fruit, apple, hazelnut, vanilla and spices, leading to a silky smooth texture that lengthens its elegant finish.

The bright acidity and salinity, signature of this wine, makes its flavors last with a long lingering and persistent finish.

The nose on this block-designated bottling is immensely intriguing, offering chalk, lemon peel and shiso leaf aromas. The palate is both tense in structure yet mouthfilling in flavor, with bright acidity delivering lemon glaze and light nut flavors into a chalky finish.

Our 2022 Chardonnay is a masterful balance of opulence and vibrancy. Stone fruit aromatics give way to a fresh tropical lift with underscoring hints of toasted marshmallow and flint. 

Kumeu vineyards that contribute to this wine gave us a blend of Chardonnay that is particularly concentrated with very citrus, preserved lemon aromas and a dense layered palate with lingering complexity.

On the palate, a rich, creamy texture balances the bright acidity, while carrying the wine's classic Russian River Valley stone fruit and citrus flavors to a long, complex finish.

Meyer lemon, necatrine, salty minerality

Aromas of apple and lemon blossoms tempt the first sip. Flavors of ripe Granny Smith apple meld with pineapple and honeysuckle.

With a decadent nose of crème brûlée and anise leading the way, this wine is lush and creamy in style and texture, with well-defined layers of pear and vanilla. The wine's full-bodied style still speaks to its cool-climate beginnings in the form of refreshing acidity.

The balance is terrific and the wine closes with delicate spice, leesy richness and refreshing stony minerality.

The mid-palate here shows creamy apple and stone fruit notes backed by stony minerality and pithy lemon, which tapers into spicy intrigue and salinity in the finish.

his white wine from the legendary Bien Nacido site is full of crisp floral, pear, and blossom notes, noted with lime-like acidity and chalky minerality.

Raeburn is a nod to classic California Chardonnay — elegant and expressive with intense fruit character, creaminess and toasty vanilla.

On the palate, these aromas come together with notes of zesty lime blossom and stone fruits, all integrated seamlessly with a bright backbone of wet rock minerality, and subtle notes of salinity that all lead to an incredibly bright and persistent finish.

It shows much more "California Chardonnay" flavors, adding vanilla and butter; and changing the condition of the fruit to over ripe.

Medium-bodied and focused with flavors of tangerine and pear, wet stone, lemon oil and a long, refreshing finish of mineral and bright acidity.

The rich palate has flavors of apple, pear, light oak, vanilla, cream, tropical fruit, and hints of baking spices.

The wine features a combination of flinty, reductive aromas, graceful fruit, and minerality on the palate. It also includes notes of fig, hazelnut, and baked lemon. 

The 2023 Chardonnay is layered with tropical fruit notes of pineapple and mango counterpointed by a core of bright citrus fruits of Meyer lemon, quince, and kumquat then rounded out by granny smith apples, spice, and floral like perfume.