Rivers-Marie Joy Road Vineyard Sonoma Coast Chardonnay - 2020 (750ml)
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$74.89 price per bottle
Joy Road feels like it is becoming more and more consistent every year. Â Itâs been hard to pin down the vineyard signature over the 7 or so years we have sourced fruit from this tiny parcel west of Occidental. Â In 2020, it is pretty exuberant reflecting the overarching vintage characteristic. Â All the fruit notes here lean to tropical but with bracing acidity to give the wine balance and present the wine more as exotic than overblown. Â This, like the Sonoma Coast, is very open right now, unusual for Joy Road. Â Maybe we finally picked this in its sweet spot, no doubt aided by the dueling factors of a warm year with a small crop and a site well situated to survive those vintage conditions. Â The fruit profile contains guava, ripe peaches, tangerine, salted pineapple but all buffered by a lemon zest/brulee undercurrent that helps to pull out and prolong the finish. Â Â Thereâs also a nice textural component on the finish that provides just enough scratchiness to add complexity. Â Â With only 4 barrels produced, we didnât have a lot of options for new oak so we went with one new Louis Latour barrel that also helps with the citrus/mineral side of Chardonnayâs expression. - riversmarie. com
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| Vintage: | 2020 |
| Region: | - |
| Size: | 750 ml |
| Availability: | In Stock |
| Distributed by: | Cellar.com |
