A full-bodied, well-rounded, buttery wine with lovely balancing acidity and citrus fruit notes. Ideal for roast chicken or seafood with cream sauces, as well as lobster in butter. The Chardonnay grapes for this Californian white wine are a regional blend from vineyards in the Russian River valley. Finishes with nuances of fresh golden apple, pear and crème brûlée. Pair with roast chicken.

Sonoma Coast vineyards enjoy a long, cool growing season due to the moderating influence of the Pacific Ocean, and its fogs and winds that blow inland. This is perfect for slowly ripening grapes to develop complex flavours and nuances without lots of sugar that translates to heavy alcohol. Classic Californian Chardonnay with toast, oak and green apple on the nose. Full-bodied, and generously layered. Generous flavours of pear and peach on the palate with a long, dry finish and a hint of wild white flowers in a spring rain. Perfect for roast chicken or mild curries.

Solid and full-bodied with green apple, vanilla and butter aromas. Very classic and typical of cool climate Californian chardonnay. Yum! Serve robust chardonnays, like this one, slightly less chilled than you would sauvignon blanc or pinot grigio. Finished with fresh baked bread and Californian sunshine.

The 2012 Chardonnay Los Carneros is treated similarly, but with slightly more new oak (28%) utilized. It offers honeyed, caramelized hazelnut and buttered citrus notes, less tropical fruit characteristics and a more Burgundian, smoky, full-bodied mouthfeel. Drink it over the next 2-3 years.

Love the butterscotch bite on entry with this Californian Chardonnay. Cool climate gotcha at its best. Green apple and toffee. Silk and spikes. Roast chicken.

Sonoma Coast vineyards enjoy a long, cool growing season due to the moderating influence of the Pacific Ocean, and its fogs and winds that blow inland. This is perfect for slowly ripening grapes to develop complex flavours and nuances without lots of sugar that translates to heavy alcohol. Classic Californian Chardonnay with toast, oak and green apple on the nose. Full-bodied, and generously layered. Generous flavours of pear and peach on the palate with a long, dry finish and a hint of wild white flowers in a spring rain. Perfect for roast chicken or mild curries. This wine is matured in both new and seasoned French and American oak for seven months which rounds out the package with a toasty finish. Chardonnay food pairings: pasta, hodge podge, lobster with mayonnaise, roasted chicken, pork with a creamy lemon sauce.

Sonoma Coast vineyards enjoy a long, cool growing season due to the moderating influence of the Pacific Ocean, and its fogs and winds that blow inland. This is perfect for slowly ripening grapes to develop complex flavours and nuances without lots of sugar that translates to heavy alcohol. Classic Californian Chardonnay with toast, oak and green apple on the nose. Full-bodied, and generously layered. Generous flavours of pear and peach on the palate with a long, dry finish and a hint of wild white flowers in a spring rain. Perfect for roast chicken or mild curries. This wine is matured in both new and seasoned French and American oak for seven months which rounds out the package with a toasty finish.

Simply put, this is a deep and fairly serious look at Chardonnay that ranks among the better bottlings we have seen from this label. It exhibits a raft of rich, optimally ripened fruit with a fine veneer of sweet oak and creamy accents of lees, and, if fleshy and fairly full on the palate, it is exceptionally well-balanced. It shows far more depth and fruity confidence than is the norm for the vintage, and it is certain to age with great grace for a number of years.

Classic Californian Chardonnay with toast, oak and green apple. Full-bodied, and generously layered. Lots of citrus on the palate with some white floral notes on the finish. Medium- to full-bodied and lip-smacking tasty.

A full-bodied, well-rounded, buttery wine with lovely balancing acidity and citrus fruit notes. Ideal for roast chicken or seafood with cream sauces, as well as lobster in butter.

Bright yellow-gold. A perfumed bouquet displays scents of fresh pear, smoky lees and honeysuckle. Appealingly sweet on the palate, offering a suave interplay of ripe orchard and citrus fruit flavors and showing a seamless quality. The persistent, mineral-driven finish shows a faintly smoky quality and a touch of iodine.

This Chardonnay is marked by brisk acidity, and pure, clean flavors of pineapples, golden mangoes, stony minerals and smoky butter. It's made for drinking now with upscale fare.

Here's a classically rich, barrel-aged Chardonnay. With a beautiful golden color, it brims with pineapple, golden mango and lemon custard flavors, enhanced with bright, citrusy acidity. Very fine and classy, at a great price.

Dry, racy and clean. Shows real class, with plenty of zesty lemon and lime acidity, brightening the citrus, lemongrass, white peach and mineral flavors.

Bright gold. Ripe melon and peach aromas are lifted by zesty lemon pith and white pepper nuances. Juicy, focused honeydew and citrus flavors show impressive power and pick up toasty leesiness with air. Smooth and seamless in texture, with excellent finishing thrust and lingering smokiness.

The 2009 Chardonnay Nine Barrel is a selection from the estate's best barrels of Russian River juice. It is an effortless, gracious wine laced with tropical fruit, sweet spices, pastry and lemon. Although the wine is quite rich in its flavor profile, there is no sense at all of heaviness. The Nine Barrel was vinified in French oak barrels (34% new), with full malolactic fermentation and lees stirring every 2-3 weeks. This is an impeccable wine from La Crema and winemaker Elizabeth Grant-Douglas. Anticipated maturity: 2012-2016.

An exceptional effort, the 2008 Chardonnay Russian River was put through 100% malolactic fermentation. It exhibits a more honeyed style with notes of brioche, poached pears, and buttery citrus in its elegant, full-bodied personality. This impressively endowed Chardonnay should drink nicely for 3-4 years.

La Crema is something of a Chardonnay specialist, consistently producing excellent wines from this grape grown in various California appellations. The 2008 Los Carneros Chard is a good example of the winemaker's deft touch with this grape. Although this wine has a robust alcohol by volume of 14.5 percent, the delicate aromas of lemon oil and spice shine, and the wine is creamy and mouth-filling without being too hot or too heavy. It's big enough, though, that it needs a rich pasta dish or an oily grilled fish to show its best.

Juicy, bright and showing citrus and white flowers with racy acidity; complex and charming with a long, elegant finish.

The 3,000 case lot of 2007 Chardonnay Carneros is superb. Complex notes of hazelnut, popcorn, orange marmalade, and background oak are subtle yet persistent. Drink this beauty over the next several years.

A beautiful wine for the price. Aged nine months on its lees, it offers abundant quantities of pear, honeysuckle, and toast notes in a medium to full-bodied, exotic, fruit forward format. It is hard not to get excited about this delicious Chardonnay, which begs for consumption over the next 1-2 years.

It is a full-bodied, unctiously-textured effort revealing notes of tangerine oil, honeyed grapefruit, peaches, and a hint of cloves. This pure, ripe, lusty Chardonnay should be drunk over the next 1-2 years.

From this red hot AVA, this exciting Chard rocks with bold, penetrating fruit. You can taste the cool, ocean tang, which coaxed out apples and citrus, while winemaker bells and whistles, such as barrel fermentation and sur lie aging, provide welcome complexities. They completed the malolactic fermentation, which softens the wine a bit but makes it buttery and creamy.

A real mouthful, with rich, plush, chocolaty plum and blackberry fruit that's complex and concentrated, picking up herb, mocha, black cherry nuances. Shows a trace of heat on the finish, but also a gush of rich fruit flavors.

This offering reveals notes of spice, jammy plums, and dried cherry fruit intertwined with toasty oak. A concentrated, medium to full-bodied, complete, savory, delicious Pinot Noir…