This wine teases the palate with flavors of crème brûlée and poached pear adding richness, while a chalky, flinty mid palate creates a complex, multidimensional experience

Fort Ross Vineyard was selected to produce this Chardonnay to commemorate the 1812-2012 Bicentennial of the old Russian Settlement of Fort Ross on the Sonoma Coast. 

92 POINTS - WINE & SPIRITS
Sanguine and salty, this has a delicate, fine abrasion to its fruit tannins; firm and juicy in the middle, this ends on notes of dried earth and crushed rock. 

94+ POINTS - JEB DUNNUCK
Ethereal, perfumed, mineral-laced beauty offering gorgeous light red fruits, dried strawberry, crushed stone, and white flower-like aromas and flavors.

93 POINTS - JAMES SUCKLING
Rich red fruit and a spiced, earthy character...velvety, lengthy aftertaste.

★★★★★ RESTAURANT WINE, RONN WIEGAND MS/MW

93+ POINTS - JEB DUNNUCK
Beautifully focused, with notable precision and purity.

93 POINTS - JAMES SUCKLING
Cherries, violets, crushed stones and orange peel.

92 POINTS - WINE ENTHUSIAST
Pomegranate, raspberry, dark cherry and black tea accent the supple tannins and lengthy spice.

91 POINTS - WINE & SPIRITS MAGAZINE
Emerges as an elegant, long and gentle red...It is clean and pretty.

93 POINTS - WINE & SPIRITS
Cranberries and blackberries, with the high-toned lift of roses. It's enriched by the tannins of new oak, big in scale and lasting in flavor.