Summer Dreams - The Sun Also Rises Chardonnay 2023 (750ml) Spain Rioja Grenache

Summer Dreams - The Sun Also Rises Chardonnay 2023 (750ml) Spain Rioja GrenacheVibrant scents of the Sonoma coast waft from the glass in expressions of Meyer lemon crme, white donut peach, and caramelized pineapple mixed with baked Gravenstein apples and butterscotch wrapped in brioche. The palate is rich with mouthfeel and a wet slate foundation that unfolds to ginger, yuzu, and nectarine that finishes with exuberant acidity and intriguing length.

like a basket of freshly picked

raspberry and cocoa

slick tannins that carry rich dark fruit long and fresh

but tons of layers and overall vibrancy that lend balance

The extraordinarily healthy grapes matured effortlessly in the nonstop sun brought by an early summer heatwave

with ripe tannins and acidity which testify its capability to age

pears and citrus linger

Imagine yourself in a sun-drenched vineyard

Slow and pneumatic pigeages are carried out and of course precede a aging in new barrels (80 to 100%) on fine lees

" (06/2021)

combining sharpness and elegance

At the Philadelphia tasting