2019 Sierra Mar Vineyard Chardonnay
Santa Lucia Highlands Appellation
94 points, Anthony Dias Blue
"Smooth and juicy, clean and neatly balanced with a core of racy acidity, long and lovely."
93 points, Antonio Galloni's Vinous
"Brilliant, green-tinted gold. Mineral-tinged nectarine, orange, iodine, honey and white flowers on the intensely perfumed nose. Smooth, seamless and focused in the mouth, offering juicy orchard and pit fruit flavors that are complemented by suggestions of tarragon, sweet butter, smoky minerals and vanilla nuances. Shows excellent depth as well as vivacity and finishes inerally, chewy and impressively long, with resonating floral and orchard fruit notes. 36% new French oak."
93 points, Connoisseurs' Guide
"As deep and well-filled as any of its maker’s first-rate Chardonnays from 2019, Testarossa’s Sierra Mar bottling is marginally the most forthcoming of the bunch and is an altogether classic example of the richness to be found in the best California examples. It is a fleshy, fairly weighty, fullbodied rendition that is already slightly rounded in feel, yet it has the slightly firm underbelly of a wine that will do nicely with cellaring should one opt to resist its very considerable appeals of the moment, and predictions for upwards of four or five years of further growth are not out of line."
93 points, Wine Enthusiast
"Clean lines of lemon peel, baked apple and a hint of sea salt show on the nose of this bottling. There's sip is tightly woven in texture and bright in flavors, offering poached apple and salted peach flavors."
93 points, International Wine Review
"Beginning with toasty hints of vanilla, apple, pear and nectarine, this is an especially fresh and lively Chardonnay from Testarossa. There’s good intensity of flavor, integrated oak, and a creamy palate with nice grip, finishing long and flavorful. But it’s the freshness that sets this wine apart. From the 1000′ high Sierra Mar Vineyard, the highest in the Santa Lucia Highlands, owned by the Franscioni family. Harvested Sept 20; matured 18 months in 36% new French oak."
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