2021 Bressay Estate Vineyard Chardonnay
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The 2021 Chardonnay DuMOL Estate Vineyard is a powerful, phenolic, driving wine. Sage, crushed rocks, lemon peel, mint, white pepper and dried herbs infuse the Estate with tremendous complexity. High-density plantings of Mount Eden clone Chardonnay on this site yield a wine of tremendous distinctiveness and vibrancy.
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Antonio Galloni, Vinous
Erin Brooks, Wine Advocate
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The 2021 Chardonnay DuMOL Estate Vineyard is a powerful, dense wine, with a very distinctive phenolic feel. Orchard fruit, mint, white flowers, white pepper and dried herbs infuse the 2021 with tons of character. There's almost a feeling of tannin in this striking Chardonnay from DuMOL.
From a one and a half acre plot in the vineyard and their first vintage of this wine, the 2021 Chardonnay Bressay Estate Vineyard is an outstanding inaugural vintage. Fresh with wet stone, yellow flowers, and a briny aromatic quality, on the palate, it’s medium-bodied, with a rounded texture, bright acidity, and ripe peach and melon rind notes. It’s fresh and inviting, with a great lift, and feels like it will have at least another ten years of prime drinking ahead of it. Drink 2023-2033.
The 2021 Chardonnay Estate Vineyard is dynamic and expressive, with generous aromas of baklava, baked apple, toast and flint. The palate is satiny and expansive with a pleasurably sneaky crescendo of acidity to balance its generosity, and it has an energetic, flinty finish. It will benefit from 3-5 years in bottle to unwind.