Sonoma - Chardonnay

Question 1

2021

Answer 1

Drought, fresh and intense
WS: 95

Question 2

2020

Answer 2

Dry year, concentrated and balanced
WS: 94

Question 3

2019

Answer 3

Warmer than 2018, deep fruit
WS: 96

Question 4

2018

Answer 4

Ideal conditions, concentrated fruit flavors, crunchy acidity

Question 5

2017

Answer 5

Ample winter rain, warm growing season, powerful wines

Question 6

2016

Answer 6

Variable

Question 7

2015

Answer 7

Drought, elegant and refined

Question 8

2014

Answer 8

Good quality, low yields

Question 9

2013

Answer 9

Exceptional, vibrant, dense, ageworthy

Question 10

2012

Answer 10

Intense and ripe

Question 11

2011

Answer 11

Cool, damp, elegant and scaled back wines

Question 12

2010

Answer 12

Cool year, light and concentrated

Question 13

2009

Answer 13

Cooler year, finesse and delicacy

Question 14

2008

Answer 14

Frost and fire, concentrated

Question 15

2007

Answer 15

Ripe, complex, balanced, ageworthy

Question 16

2006

Answer 16

Challenging year, mixed quality

Question 17

2005

Answer 17

Restrained , light, higher acidity

Question 18

2004

Answer 18

GREAT vintage (according to WS), ripe, rich, opulent

Question 19

2003

Answer 19

Challening season, heat spikes followed by cool May and rain

Question 20

2002

Answer 20

Sensation (according to WS), near perfect, opulent