2023 The Hilt Chardonnay, Santa Rita Hills, California italian white ensure that the wine retains

ensure that the wine retains fruit intensity and maintains its bold texture and generous length

This cuvée gets younger vine fruit as well as the fruit that didn’t make the cut for the upper cuvées

brioche and candied lemon aromas

It begins to clam up towards the saline finish

2023 The Hilt Chardonnay, Santa Rita Hills, California italian white ensure that the wine retainsTaut acidity makes for a coiled, mouthwatering wine, but enrobed in the sweet spices of new French oak, this gains a sense of generosity. Citrus phenolics and hard orchard fruit are lifted with flowers, finishing sappy, seamless and mineral with saline acidity. Drink or hold. 94 POINTS JAMES SUCKLING