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95+ Jeb Dunnuck -
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From the estate vineyard on the Sonoma Coast and all Mt. Eden clone, the 2018 Chardonnay DuMOL Estate was barrel fermented and spent 11 months in barrel followed by 6 months in stainless steel. Its light gold color is followed by a rocking bouquet of ripe pears, white flowers, nectarines, and peaches. Medium to full-bodied, with beautiful purity and finesse as well as ample mid-palate depth, it's a terrific, almost Burgundian Chardonnay that's going to benefit from a year or three of bottle age and evolve for over a decade.
95 Robert Parker's Wine Advocate -
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The 2018 Chardonnay Estate Vineyard is youthfully shy, offering soft hints of quince paste, roasted almonds, saline and white blossoms. In the mouth, it’s medium-bodied, tangy and mineral-driven with savory notes hinting at more to come with time in bottle, and it finishes long and lifted.
93-95 Vinous -
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The 2018 Chardonnay Estate Vineyard is super-expressive today and not as forbidding as it can be, at least at this stage, prior to bottling. White orchard fruit, pineapple white flowers, mint and white pepper add lovely top notes.
Technical Details
- BlendChardonnay
- WinemakerAndy Smith
- CountryUS
- RegionCalifornia North Coast
- AppellationSonoma Coast
- VineyardEstate
DuMOL Chardonnay Estate Vineyard 2018
Chardonnay | US
WA95, JD95+, VN93-95
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The 2018 Estate chardonnay from Andy Smith and team is just beautiful. Probably the most mineral and salty-piquant chardonnays we've ever tasted from DuMOL. Wine Advocate nails the write up describing, "quince paste, roasted almonds, saline and white blossoms. In the mouth, it’s medium-bodied, tangy and mineral-driven with savory notes hinting at more to come with time in bottle, and it finishes long and lifted."
About the Producer
Founded in 1996 as a family winery, DuMOL is a latter-day pioneer in the Russian River Valley. Their winemaker and viticulturist, Andy Smith, explored and farmed this region for nearly a decade with Larkmead, Littorai and Paul Hobbs before joining DuMOL in 1999. DuMOL is a "vineyard up" winery with a fully integrated approach to winegrowing and winemaking. For more than two decades, they have planted and farmed thier Estate vineyards and many of the California's most renowned vineyards. They farm alongside our partner growers, from pruning through to harvest, and are committed to sustaining this region where they work and live.