WTN: Stony Hill -A Delicious! California Chardonnay
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2013 12:51 pm
2011 Stony Hill Napa Valley Chardonnay.
At Redd Restaurant in Yountville with my friends Joe and Donna. Drank two glasses with our fish entree.
No Malolactic. No leese stirring. Old barrels aging.
The purity of fruit is amazing, with blazing acidity and a delicious tangy note that makes me surprised there is no on-lees aging. There is almost a Riesling character here I have never experienced in a Chardonnay!!!!! But then, at the end, there is this lovely, even amazing roundness of Chardonnay mouth feel and fruit.
I am not a big Chardonnay drinker, but Stony Hill may be a new favorite!
At Redd Restaurant in Yountville with my friends Joe and Donna. Drank two glasses with our fish entree.
No Malolactic. No leese stirring. Old barrels aging.
The purity of fruit is amazing, with blazing acidity and a delicious tangy note that makes me surprised there is no on-lees aging. There is almost a Riesling character here I have never experienced in a Chardonnay!!!!! But then, at the end, there is this lovely, even amazing roundness of Chardonnay mouth feel and fruit.
I am not a big Chardonnay drinker, but Stony Hill may be a new favorite!