LiQuery - Patz & Hall Dutton Ranch Chardonnay 2018

Item:	200816
Size:	750 mL (25.4 oz)
Type:	2018 VINTAGES
Release Date:	2022-10-06
Producer:	Patz & Hall Wine Company
Location:	USA - California
Price:	$66.00 Price History
Style:	White Wine Full-bodied & Rich
Alcohol:	14.2%
Varietal:	Chardonnay
Sugar Code:	XD (2.0 g/L)
Rating:	94
Cellar:	2021
Glass Style:	Montrachet (Chardonnay) Purchase Glass

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Tasting Notes
James Hall selects the fruit for this wine from 11 blocks farmed by the Dutton family. Most of the vines are older plantings of heritage clones and selections, a mix that seems to respond to a slow, spontaneous fermentation and development in French oak barrels (35 percent new). The 2018 builds to a savory and ornate chardonnay, a wine with traction that digs into scents of violets and game, jasmine and butterscotch, giving a sweet impression without any actual sweetness. It's floral, clean, intense wine, with stature and resistance to oxygen. Decant it for crab Louis, or cellar it for years. Score - 94. (Joshua Greene, wineandspiritsmagazine.com, Oct. 2020)

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