2016 Wayfarer Wayfarer Vineyard Fort Ross-Seaview Sonoma Coast Chardonnay

14.4% alc., pH 3.28, 725 cases, $80. Berlenbach Old Wente, Hyde Old Wente, Mt Eden, Dijon 95. Whole cluster gently pressed, barrel fermented and aged in French oak barrels, 76% new. Native yeasts slowly guided alcoholic fermentation, with careful lees stirring until malolactic fermentation completion. Aged 15 months and bottled unfined and unfiltered. · Moderate golden yellow color in the glass. An exceptional, connoisseur’s wine that leads with aromas of lemon, pineapple, salt air, wet stones and the slightest matchstick. Slightly creamy in the mouth, with flavors of lemon wafer and pineapple. Easy to cozy up to with a modicum of oak overlay. Keeps giving the longer it opens in the glass. Score: 94. Reviewed March 23, 2019

Winery: Wayfarer Vineyard
From article: Recently Tasted California Chardonnay