This is always delicious and shows complexity and precision with sliced cooked apples, limes, lemons and hints of flan and butterscotch. Medium to full body. Tight and compact. Lovely wine to drink now or hold.

This is the “second” wine of the Monte Bello Chardonnay. It aged 14 months in 10% new oak (both French and American oak were used). The 2017 Chardonnay Estate Monte Bello Vineyard has a minerally nose with crushed shell and saline plus toast, spring blossoms, white peaches, hay and nutty accents. Medium-bodied, it has a pure core of stone fruits with earthy nuances, a great line of minerality, juicy freshness and a long, nuanced finish.