Staglin Family Vineyard Estate Chardonnay, Rutherford, USA 2022

Estate Chardonnay 2022 is a beautifully refined Rutherford Chardonnay, showing vibrant lemon, grapefruit, orange blossom, crystalline minerality, and silky texture with subtle oak. A graceful, energetic expression of one of Napa’s most prestigious estates, with the pedigree and precision of a serious collector’s California white.

"Just bottled, the 2022 Chardonnay Estate is bright and nicely focused, which is quite an achievement in this vintage. Lemon peel, mint, white flowers and white pepper lend notable brilliance. The 2022 was aged mostly in 600L barrels, with 5% sandstone eggs. There's a bit of tension that needs to resolve, but this is very nicely done." Vinous 93+