Country: US / Hawk Hill Vineyard
Variety: Chardonnay California
Winery: Williams Selyem / Russian River Valley
Very powerful, very strong, almost overwhelming in the sheer wealth of fruit and oak, but balanced with acidity. Winemaker Bob Cabral himself calls it “concentrated.” It detonates on the palate with an almost dessert wine quality of lemons, pineapples, honey, vanilla and minerals, but it’s totally dry. Will hold for perhaps six years.