Sonoma-Cutrer Sonoma Coast Chardonnay (375ML half-bottle) 2019
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Sonoma Coast is plentiful with a medley of aromas! On the nose, you will detect loads of nectarine, stone fruit, white peach, melon and oak spice accented with hints of vanilla, toasted nuts, a touch of butterscotch and light caramel with a subtle clove spice undertone. This wine has the distinctive Sonoma-Cutrer balance between elegance and richness for a medium-bodied, mouth-filling wine. The creamy texture of this wine offers flavors of ripe pear and peach that is balanced with vibrant acidity. There is a lot of finesse to the long, silky finish highlighted with barrel spice notes.
This wine pairs well with chicken, risotto, or seafood.
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There’s good cut to the apple pastry and pear tart flavors, which feature a creamy texture. Rich and open-textured midpalate, with a finish of angel food cake. Drink now through 2024.
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One of the most popular and versatile white wine grapes, Chardonnay offers a wide range of flavors and styles depending on where it is grown and how it is made. While it tends to flourish in most environments, Chardonnay from its Burgundian homeland produces some of the most remarkable and longest lived examples. California produces both oaky, buttery styles and leaner, European-inspired wines. Somm Secret—The Burgundian subregion of Chablis, while typically using older oak barrels, produces a bright style similar to the unoaked style. Anyone who doesn't like oaky Chardonnay would likely enjoy Chablis.
A vast appellation covering Sonoma County’s Pacific coastline, the Sonoma Coast AVA runs all the way from the Mendocino County border, south to the San Pablo Bay. The region can actually be divided into two sections—the actual coastal vineyards, marked by marine soils, cool temperatures and saline ocean breezes—and the warmer, drier vineyards further inland, which are still heavily influenced by the Pacific but not quite with same intensity.
Contained within the appellation are the much smaller Fort Ross-Seaview and Petaluma Gap AVAs.
The Sonoma Coast is highly regarded for elegant Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, and, increasingly, cool-climate Syrah. The wines have high acidity, moderate alcohol, firm tannin, and balanced ripeness.