Pali Wine Co. Chardonnay Huber Vineyard 2013

2013 Huber Chardonnay was our first release from this classic Sta. Rita Hills vineyard. Bright, golden straw color. The nose is overflowing with peach cobbler, fresh melons and lemon zest withhints of butterscotch and salty ocean air. The palate explodes with lemons and pears highlighted with a dancing minerality on thetongue. Finishes with flavors of key lime pie. This wine is driven by a streak of bright acid from start to finish with subtle hints of oak and toast.

“The 2013 Chardonnay Huber Vineyard has a classy bouquet of buttered orchard fruits, charcoal, toasted bread and spice. Barrel-fermented (malolactic fermentation was mostly blocked) and aged 15 months in 30% new French oak, drink this rounded, layered, yet still fresh and lively white over the coming 4-5 years.”