CHASSEUR CHARD GRATON'S '14

CHASSEUR CHARDONNAY "GRATON'S CHOICE", RUSSIAN RIVER VALLEY 2014

NVWE Notes: Deep, complex, harmonious and distinctive, this richly endowed Chardonnay delivers scents of white peach, baked green apple, honey-drenched hazelnuts, quince jelly, baking-spice, vanilla wafer and a hint of lime curd: all poised above a backdrop of oyster shell/flint minerality. Baked apple, tarte tatin, peach tart, pear liqueur, pineapple core, preserved lemon, baklava, honeycomb, white rose and white pepper coat the tongue on the palate, yet that note is ideally balanced by those same mineral elements. The result is a luxurious and lingering cascade of flavor that is never less than dinner-friendly. This one would be a perfect companion to extravagantly sauced seafood entrees. 101 cases produced.