Fess Parker 2012 Bien Nacido Vineyard Chardonnay (Santa Maria Valley)

Country: US / California
Variety: Chardonnay
Winery: Fess Parker / Bien Nacido Vineyard

This fascinating Chardonnay combines elegance with the opulence you expect from California. It’s ripe and forward in papaya, quince, mango, pear and pineapple fruits, but also shows a steely minerality that’s as fresh and pure as snowmelt water in a pebbly stream. It is never forward or over-the-top.