Joseph Phelps is a family run estate who identified the Freestone coastal area in Sonoma as an ideal site for Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. The vineyards are cloaked in a cooling fog each morning allowing the grapes retain freshness .
"The 2019 Chardonnay Freestone Vineyard is very classy this vintage, with inherent energy derived from the pairing of its goldilocks fruits with bright acidity and shimmery mineral character. The nose offers ripe quince, toasted almonds, saline and beeswax, with toasty hints and an undercurrent of crushed stone. Medium-bodied and satiny, its pure fruits are continually refreshed by all that salty, juicy character, and it has a long, ethereal finish."
Drink now-2030
96+/100pts Erin Brooke, The Wine Advocate
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