2021 Smith-Madrone Estate Chardonnay California The 2024 Roc Breïa Mâcon-Villages

The 2024 Roc Breïa Mâcon-Villages is a Chardonnay from 60+ year old vines on clay

middleweight

this is Aligoté on top form

and the answer is magnificent

With notes of raspberry and cassis and a pop of acidity

2021 Smith-Madrone Estate Chardonnay California The 2024 Roc Breïa Mâcon-Villages983 cases made. The 2021 Smith Madrone Estate Chardonnay is barrel fermented and aged 10 months in 50% new French oak from the estate's coolest north facing slopes at elevation, delivering Meyer lemon, nectarine, wet stone, honeysuckle, and a cardamom spice note, with a rich, creamy texture cut by vibrant, lifting acidity and a finish that goes on and on. Grown on dry farmed volcanic Spring Mountain soils in one of California's finest vintages of the