Ashes & Diamonds Napa Valley Chardonnay No. 3 2024 JULY42024 four generations and counting

four generations and counting

The white in Matthew Rorick's Queen of the Sierra trio

The 2000 vintage was hailed from the start as one of the great modern Bordeaux years

45% PETIT MESLIER

Les Dames Huguettes is among the better-known lieux-dits up there

Ashes & Diamonds Napa Valley Chardonnay No. 3 2024 JULY42024 four generations and countingThis is Ashes & Diamonds at their most adventurous, part of their zero zero range made with no additions whatsoever, including no added sulfur. The Chardonnay sees a touch of skin contact during fermentation, which lends it a deeper golden hue and a textural twist while keeping it firmly a white wine. Expect quince, sweet cider, crunchy citrus, and a wet stone mineral streak. It's a low intervention take that trades the usual buttery Napa Chardonnay