Staglin Family Vineyard Rutherford Chardonnay 2019 Bottle:1 and chocolaty

and chocolaty

The wine is luscious and unrestrained out of the bottle

and fermented for 10 days in pine vats

Elegant aromats of spice

Staglin Family Vineyard Rutherford Chardonnay 2019 Bottle:1 and chocolatyThe autumnal 2019 Staglin Chardonnay displays a layered subtlety centered around a baking spice infused core of Braeburn apple and Bosc pear poached in a slightly savory brine that lends to a saline and mineral inflected mid palate enlivened by composed acidity and beguiling hints of cardamom and turmeric root. A bit reticent and shy at first, this wine really opens and fully blossoms with some time and big swirls in the glass to become livelier and