X Novo Chardonnay X Omni Vineyard

Reddit-CT SF Group, Take 2 (Saison SF) : First wine of the Reddit-CT SF wine group from our Saison get together. Hard to start with a white I didn’t know (I know this vineyard from the suddenly super hot Walter Scott, but I haven’t had that either) when bucket list reds awaited, but this was a terrific start. The last OR chard, a Martin Woods, I had was so lean it could have been a GLP-1 substitute, but no issues …

Sesame, popcorn, orchard fruit and stylish oak frame the nose. Before you even take a sip this wine commands your attention. Then it delivers gobs of dense chalky dry extract - just a structured phenolic specimen of a Chardonnay. The density of this wine is truly something special. A perfect mixture of white orchard fruit mixed with yellow citrus and bitter lemon zest with simmering ginger finish. Poured for a table full of life-long Burgundy collectors among a flight of …

Toasted almonds, honey, sesame, struck flint and cool minerals on the nose. The palate asserts itself with a blast of lively acids that drive to the back and fan out delivering notes of Asian pear, yuzu, and cistrus oil. Everything simmers towards a remarkably stony and spicy ginger finale that absolutely loaded to the brim with chalky dry extract. This is a wine that deserves bottle age, but damn is it already impressive. Has a familiar resemblance to upper hillside …