Rombauer Vineyards Chardonnay Carneros USA 2022 AmericaEstablished in 1980 by Koerner and Joan Rombauer, it is a family owned winery based in Napa Valley. Passion, sustainability and great hospitality are at the forefront of their wine philosophy, and they produce a multitude of award winning wines. Most notably, Rombauer Carneros Chardonnay, a defining style that has been on the Wine Spectators Top 100 wines multiple times. Wines are still hand harvested to preserve the highest quality, all vineyards are
The flavour is initially sweet
An explosion of crackling peat sets off millions of flavour explosions: peat effervesces with tangy lemon and lime juice
combined with a large diurnal shift in temperatures during the growing season
with poor soils of partially degraded sand with limestone flakes from the bedrock
Chardonnay and Meunier and benefits from a semi-continental maritime climate and free-draining chalk soils
Kaikomagatake of the Japanese Southern Alps and joins the Ojira and Jingu Rivers at the mountain foot
To capture the concentration which is the hallmark of this spectacular vintage
though Cinsault proved the most resistant
Together with his viticulturist wife Prue
The finish is endless
Pieropan's estate covers 30 hectares of vineyard
Etienne works with American-born chef de cave Brian Sieve
