$228.99
Critical Acclaim: 99 pts Jeb Dunnuck; 95 pts Robert Parker's Wine Advocate.
Tasting Notes: "Not yet bottled, the 2022 White Wine Life & Death is rock star stuff, offering a rich, opulent, and yet complex profile. Honeyed orange, caramelized white peach, toasted spice, and flower oil nuances all define the aromatics, and this beauty hits the palate with full-bodied richness, a deep, layered mouthfeel, beautiful purity and precision, and a great, great finish. It's going to rank with the crème de la crème of the vintage."- Jeb Dunnuck.
"Tasted prior to its July bottling date, the 2022 White Wine Life And Death is a blend of 69.5% Chardonnay, 26.9% Roussanne and 3.6% Marsanne from the Sanford & Benedict, Bien Nacido and Stolpman Vineyards. It spent 22 months in 85% new French oak. The nose here is a striking combination of waxy and layered aromas of stone fruit, tropical fruits, bright spice tones and an undercurrent of pleasing caramel richness. The palate is lavish and quite full-bodied, displaying impressive power and polish while remaining energetic and focused. It concludes with a succulent, clean acid profile that welcomely braces its otherwise massive frame. This was very enjoyable and should be fascinating to follow through bottling into its aging curve."- Robert Parker's Wine Advocate.
Varietal: 69.5% Chardonnay, 26.9% Roussanne and 3.6% Marsanne.
