"The 2022 Chardonnay Kathryn Hermann Cuvée is fantastically spicy, offering layers of peach, graham cracker, matchstick and coriander seed on the nose. The medium-bodied palate has a luxuriously silky texture and highly concentrated, spicy flavors. It’s balanced by vibrant acidity and has a long, dynamic finish." -Erin Brooks
Decanter
D98
"A New World Chardonnay approaching perfection, this wine like all the 00 Chardonnay's goes through the ‘Black Chardonnay’ method, coming from the very old Chehalem Mountain Vineyard site, planted by Dick Erath in 1969, the third in the Willamette Valley, to own rooted Wente Clone Chardonnay. It's beguilingly reductive in the aromatics, as chipped flint smokiness layers on top of grilled pineapple laced with clover honey and candied ginger on the fringes. The palate is lithe, lively and edgy as ocean brine frames ripe and full Meyer lemon pulp, a gorgeous creaminess brightened by green mangoes and ripe grilled peach. Intense and complete." -Clive Pursehouse