This fog-influenced white shines with vanilla-laced lime chiffon. Strokes of sandalwood painted with white chocolate and toasted coconut reveal a balanced acidity with butter top notes and lemon rind bottom notes.
This fog-influenced white shines with vanilla-laced lime chiffon. Strokes of sandalwood painted with white chocolate and toasted coconut reveal a balanced acidity with butter top notes and lemon rind bottom notes.
As pretty and polished as its pale orange-pink color, this co-fermented estate-grown blend of 65% Pinot Noir and 35% Chardonnay paints a rosy aromatic picture of apple brioche, cantaloupe, and apricot that extends to the lilting, silky palate, where young strawberry and a squeeze of lime and blood orange are subtly contoured by rose petal and crushed rock.
Produced from grapes grown in the Southern Judean Hills, near the Negev Desert, it includes 10% Petite Sirah and 5% Syrah, aged eight months in small oak barrels. Precious notes of black cherry, red beets, and red tea combine for a mouth-watering opulence. It offers a fine line of acidity and minerality, with an elegant, floral finish of hibiscus and dried roses.
Remarkable freshness and agility imbue this extra-brut blanc de blancs from Premiers and Grands Crus. Dried peach and apricot, smoke, baking spice, toasted macadamia nut, and faint honeysuckle converge on the complex nose with the lemon confit that continues onto the palate in chalk-dusted undulations of citrus, lightly dappled with makrut lime leaf and underripe pineapple. The acidity’s plenty energetic, yet the overall effect, thanks to the wine’s chiffon texture, is one of marvelous poise.
Forty-year-old Wente clones planted on rolling hillsides of Goldridge soil, limestone, and volcanic ash offers up a sleek white with mineral tones. Lemon blossom exudes a floral elegance, while mango and gardenia take on a more tropical voice. Crisp and so clean.
Named for the red barn on the estate that overlooks this specific site, notes of cinnamon-covered rose petals are enshrined in a bath of raspberries and brown sugar. Spiced cedar on the finish is savory and textual.
This detailed yet generous vintage of the flagship Chablis from Laroche sings with white peaches, ripe pears, and nectarines, though the quintessential mineral spine that the best Chardonnays of the appellation exhibit is also present throughout. Fine-lees aging has lent is a lovely tactile character.
Sunshine is right. From the light, bright nose of lemon and apple plus hints of oak and tarragon to the bouncy palate, which adds notes of pear and a soupçon of green almond to the mix, this easygoing, medium-bodied wine radiates good energy.