Ritchie Vineyard Chardonnay Reviews

The 2015 Chardonnay Ritchie Vineyard opens with notes of toasty oak and cashews, giving way to a core of ripe pineapple, guava and passion fruit with a touch of brioche. Medium to full-bodied with a pleasant oiliness to the texture, it offers a lively backbone to lift the concentrated tropical flavors, finishing long and savory.

This is an expansive, vibrantly alive and buzzy white that’s floral in apple and orange blossom aromas. Its freshness is complemented by richer deeper undertones of baked quince and tangerine, with a gravelly stony quality to the texture that makes it hard to resist.