Reviews

The 2015 Chardonnay Private Reserve gives up notions of honey-drizzled peaches and spiced apple slices with touches of baking bread, cedar and marzipan. Medium to full-bodied, it fills the palate with spicy stone fruit flavors, with a pleasantly oily texture and plenty of freshness, finishing on a honeyed note.

Excellent, Highly Recommended

Cola and vanilla cream soda aromatize the bright cherry and pomegranate core of this medium-bodied, fleshy wine. High-toned, but with a kick of wood-tannin, this is a great accompaniment to lighter proteins like grilled chicken.

Excellent, Highly Recommended

Orchard notes and buttered toast aromas drive the nose of this chardonnay. Full bodied on the palate with baked pear, pineapple upside down cake, baked coconut, and toasty vanilla flavors that are most prominent in the long, satisfying finish.

The 2015 Pinot Noir No. 22 is medium ruby-purple colored and scented of menthol, dried sage and potpourri with a core of wild blueberries, raspberry pie and baking spices plus a waft of underbrush. Medium to full-bodied, it features fragrant earth notions in the mouth with a firm frame of grainy tannins and seamless freshness, finishing on a mineral note. 

The 2015 Chardonnay Hawk Hill Vineyard is youthfully mute to begin, opening out to notes of fresh grapefruit, white peaches and lime leaves with wafts of orange blossom and lanolin. Medium to full-bodied and tightly knit, it gives expressive stone fruit flavors and floral accents with a satiny texture and long, refreshing finish. 

The 2015 Chardonnay Heintz Vineyard features a very spicy nose of allspice, ginger and nutmeg, with compelling lemon tart, pink grapefruit and apricot notes at the core. Medium to full-bodied, it delivers mouth-filling citrus and stone fruit flavors with a crisp line of freshness and long, spicy finish.

Pale to medium ruby-purple in color, the 2015 Pinot Noir Bela's Selection is scented of black raspberries, crushed black cherries and wild blueberries with touches of garrigue, baking spices and dusty soil. Medium to full-bodied and plushly textured with plenty of freshness supporting the spicy flavors, it finishes with a peppery lift. 

The 2015 Chardonnay Natalia's Selection opens with a toasty, yeasty nose giving way to a core of lemon pie, ripe peaches and spiced pears with a waft of orange blossoms. Medium to full-bodied with an appealing suggestion of oiliness to the texture, it offers loads of citrus and stone fruit layers with a lively backbone and great length. 

Pale to medium garnet-purple in color, the 2015 Zinfandel Antal's Selection is scented of fruitcake, plum preserves and dried mulberries notions with suggestions of spice box, dried roses and balsamic plus a waft of dusty earth. Full-bodied and laden with dried berries and spicy flavors, the palate has a chewy texture and tart backbone, finishing long. 

The 2015 Chardonnay Jovita's Selection is a little mute at this youthful stage, providing glimpses at warm apple, peach kernel and beeswax scents plus a touch of pink grapefruit. Medium to full-bodied, it gives a great intensity of honeyed peach flavors, lifted with a racy line and finishing long and creamy