The wines of the 2023 vintage are defined by a long, even season lending itself to more time on the vine.  This year’s offering of Vintner Select Chardonnay exemplifies this beautifully.  This is an acid-driven wine but one laden with ripe, generous aromas of nectarine and peach.  With a little time, its generous nature becomes even more apparent as enticing aromas of honeysuckle and lemon verbena unfurl.  As always, this wine showcases a more nuanced approach to barrel fermenting and aging. Restrained, at roughly 10% new barrels, this wine is vibrant while integrated and complete.  With each of the estate blocks getting one new barrel, but producing less than 10 barrels, this wine tends to show just a touch more spice and barrel complexity than you find in our Napa Valley Chardonnay.