Readers looking for a cooler climate should check out the Green Valley offering from the Walker Station Vineyard.
The gorgeous 2002 Chardonnay Walker Station Vineyard is an opulent, viscous, fruit-driven monster offering up notes of oregano intermixed with intense orange marmalade, peach, and apricot scents. It is an intense, full-throttle Chardonnay from a cool micro-climate. Drink it during its first 7-8 years of life.
Wine Spectator
2004
Score: 88 (100 possible)
Rich, complex and concentrated, with a deep core of ripe fig, apricot, melon and smoky oak combining to give this a rich mouthfeel and a long, lingering aftertaste, with a touch of marshmallow. Drink now
