Kongsgaard Napa Valley Chardonnay 2010
- Score
- 95
- Price
- $75
- Cases Made
- 1,050
John Kongsgaard is at the top of the Chardonnay game in California, with wines that feature balance, grace and elegance. Refining his winemaking style over the years, he focuses on low yields and barrel fermenting with native yeasts. Kongsgaard, now with his son Alex by his side, lets this wine age in barrel for two years, which adds nuance and gives the wine a chance to settle naturally, so that it can be bottled unfiltered.
Tasting Note
A tour de force that stretches the range of flavors, rich and laden with roasted, smoky marshmallow, showing tiers of marmalade, tangerine, roasted fig and fig tapenade, sailing along seamlessly through the finish. Drink now through 2019. –James Laube
- Region:
- Napa Valley, California
- Issue Date:
- June 30, 2013
