2020 Kongsgaard ChardonnayPreorder (Click here for price) Winemaker Notes The 2020 Chardonnay (Napa Valley) is exquisite. That's all there is to it. Creamy and rich, yet not at all heavy, the Napa Valley Chardonnay is perhaps a bit understated, but also avoids the edginess of so many other wines in this vintage. Orchard fruit, mint, lemon confit and tangerine oil open first. Pretty floral and tropical accents grace the finish in this classy, polished Chardonnay from John and

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the wines were sold under the name of Pomerol Giraud Cru de Trotanoy

papaya and guava widen the aroma

Thomas Jefferson also visited and praised the estate's wines

at once powerful yetrestrained

candied lavender

1% Petit Verdot

Partial malolactic fermentation provides a richer and fuller aspect to the wine that was then aged in the same barrel composition for 19 months with periodic stirring of the lees

buying grapes from other growers in the region

and Cabernet Franc

Most of the volume fermented in stainless steel with some 10% in concrete vats

since up to 90% of its fruit comes from old vines (these are majestic plants from 80 to 135 years old) in the high-altitude Lamole area where Bibi farms ve hectares