2014 Bien Nacido Vineyard Chardonnay makes Wine and Spirits’ Years Best Chardonnay list!
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Wine and Spirits Magazine tasted 750 new chardonnays over the past 12 months. Their critics rated 45 chardonnays as exceptional (90+), and our 2014 Bien Nacido Vineyard Chardonnay received 91 points!
” Since 2008, Gavin Chanin has made his Bien Nacido chardonnay from a single block planted in 1973 (it was originally planted as own-rooted riesling; later, chardonnay was grafted onto those old riesling roots). The mature vines responded well to a warm 2014 vintage, growing a chardonnay with an earthen persistence. Oak gives the wine’s subtle flavors of white peach and corn silk a satiny feel at first, before acidity brings firmness to the finish.”