Chalone Vineyard Chardonnay Monterey (75cl, 14.5%)

Chalone Vineyard Chardonnay Monterey is a white wine from California's Chalone AVA, made entirely from Chardonnay. It comes from limestone soils interspersed with decomposed granite, and the wine is barrel-fermented and aged in French oak with partial malolactic fermentation and sur lie ageing. The nose brings lemon curd, ripe white peach, lemongrass and honey, with wet slate and river rock minerality and subtle vanilla. On the palate there is Meyer lemon, lime peel, stone fruit, macadamia nut and butter, with Honeycrisp apple and grapefruit peel. The finish is medium-long, with crème brûlée hints and lingering flinty minerality.