Classification | |
Type | Blanc |
Marque | Arista |
Millésime | 2021 |
Pays | États Unis |
Région | Sonoma |
Raisin | Chardonnay |
Alcohol % | 13.9% |
Volume | |
État | Parfait |
Étiquette | Parfait |
Consommable | 2024-2034 |
Stock | 9 |
Lots of grape skin, subtle lemon curd and custard. Honey and blossom notes. Medium-bodied with a very tight palate and lovely depth and focus. There’s tension and clarity in the extremely long, racy and intense finish. A blend of Wente and Montrachet clones. Drink or hold.
The 2021 Chardonnay UV-El Diablo Vineyard was named for the legendary grower Ulises Valdez and comes from an east-facing site on Windsor Ridge with a vein of Goldridge soils. In the glass, it takes on a lovely floral perfume of fresh pear, lemon oils, flint, and honeysuckle. It offers well-balanced richness, with a suggestion of decadence, and has rounded viscosity while retaining a fresh spine of acidity that propels the wine through the palate, with lasting notes of almond on the finish. It’s going to drink well over the next 10 years.