Bottle shot of Buena Vista Carneros Chardonnay

Carneros Chardonnay 2019

Buena Vista Winery

Try if you like Viognier

baked pear | pineapple | lemon curd

Sale price£41.99

Drew's Tasting Note

Enticing tropical fruit and peach blossom aromas. Refreshing citrus flavours lead to rich, creamy pineapple, baked pear and lemon curd. Beautifully integrated oak. A generous, long finish. A California Chardonnay to rival many white Burgundies. Try pairing with seafood, roast chicken, or a mushroom risotto.

Producer: Buena Vista Winery | Vintage: 2019 | From: Carneros, California, USA | Alcohol: 14.5 | Size: 75cl | Style: rich white, still | Grape: Chardonnay

2020 vintage, 16/20 points, Elaine Chukan Brown, JancisRobinson.com, May 2022

The Winery

When the gold rush brought thousands to California in 1849, Agoston Haraszthy was after something different. The Hungarian-born pioneer settled in Sonoma in 1857, founded Buena Vista, California’s first premium winery, and produced 6,500 gallons in his first vintage, convinced that Sonoma’s soils and climate could yield something exceptional. He was right, and Buena Vista grew rapidly, with over 250 acres under vine by 1860. The winery is now a California Historic Landmark. In 2011, Jean-Charles Boisset (who had first visited as a child and never forgotten it) acquired the estate and embarked on an extensive restoration of the original stone buildings.

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