Ramey, Hyde Vineyard Chardonnay Vintage:2012 dark pinot and violet scents

dark pinot and violet scents

as they want to keep working the texture and freshness

it will require at least a decade in bottle

with more textural looseness and openness in general

chewy and strikingly long

Ramey, Hyde Vineyard Chardonnay Vintage:2012 dark pinot and violet scents(14. 5% alcohol; 30% new oak), Pale, bright yellow. Discreet scents of lemon, clove and minerals. Slightly richer in the mouth than the 2013 but also comes across as bone dry, with the lemon curd and mineral flavors displaying lovely precision and subtle oakiness. An impeccably balanced Chardonnay but today the wine's fruit is quite restrained. This youthfully imploded Chardonnay will need a few more years in bottle to approach its peak and should