Signorello 1998 Hope’s Cuvée Chardonnay (California)

Country: US / California
Variety: Chardonnay
Winery: Signorello / Hope’s Cuvée

This massively oaky wine smells like an explosion in a spice factory, with ginger, cinnamon, clove and nutmeg aromas, accented by vanilla, brown sugar, butterscotch and honey. Somewhere in there is some ripe tropical fruit. Enormous and full-bodied, it’s a dense, unctuous wine.