Country: US / Ritchie Vineyard
Variety: Chardonnay California
Winery: Gary Farrell / Russian River Valley
Dark gold in color, this is a memorably luxurious and vivacious wine, tangy in grapefruit, burnt orange and cardamom. Layered and complex, it evolves as it opens to a lingering tease of butterscotch topped in nutmeg. It is an outstanding vision of an outstanding site, a wine for the ages.