Diatom Chardonnay Drum Vineyard Santa Rita Hills 2009 Robert Parker 94 Pts

Purchase Diatom Chardonnay Drum Vineyard Santa Rita Hills 2009 Robert Parker 94 Pts

WINE ADVOCATE REVIEW: 94 POINTS A new vineyard has been added to the portfolio, and the debut is exceptional. The 2009 Chardonnay Prum Canyon (15.5% alcohol) has intensely perfumed notes of white peach, nectarine, pear, and tropical fruit blossoms. Its terrific acidity tends to conceal a relatively full-bodied powerhouse of a wine in the mouth. The crispness and freshness give it a zestiness and definition that are remarkable for such a concentrated, naked Chardonnay. This is a beauty to drink over the next several years. This brilliant artisinal project of Greg Brewer continues to offer what are basically the naked/most virginal side of Chardonnay possible – all from cool-climate sites in the Santa Rita Hills. As I said last year, these tour de force efforts prove you can have extraordinary precision, minerality, and freshness in wines that usually have around 15% natural alcohol. As a postscript, these wines are all fermented at very cold temperatures, with malolactic fermentation blocked, and kept cold on their lees until bottling, which is very early. No one else in California is doing anything remotely like what Greg Brewer has achieved with Diatom. NVWE NOTES: Perfectly ripe and beautifully expressive, the nose of this Chablis-styled Chardonnay is clearly Californian in its zesty mix of white peach, Bosc pear, apple skin, kumquat, bees wax and mineral aromas. It is ultra-plush on the palate and fruit-dominant, as its chalk-slate undercurrents are washed over by a wave of apple, peach, orange blossom, bees wax, kiwi and coriander seed flavors. The finish is long and the wine is a delightful sipper that already appears ready to drink. It should be gorgeous with baked chicken, but might be even more tasty with elegant seafood preparations. WINEMAKER NOTES: Verbena, lemongrass and honeysuckle aromatics followed by lemon skin and gardenia-like flavors. Very pure, almost crystalline and saline in the mouth. A steep, three acre parcel planted to a Hyde selection of Wente clone by the Dierberg family perched above Drum Canyon Road.

Purchase Diatom Chardonnay Drum Vineyard Santa Rita Hills 2009 Robert Parker 94 Pts

• SKU: DIATCHA09D
• Varietal: CHARD
• Vintage: 2009
• Region: SO CENTRAL
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