Ramey - Chardonnay Russian River Valley 2021 (750ml)
Price: $45.00
| Producer | Ramey |
| Country | USA |
| Region | California |
| Subregion | Russian River Valley |
| Varietal | Chardonnay |
| Vintage | 2021 |
| Sku | 6722 |
| Size | 750ml |
Wine Spectator: 94 Points
This powerful version offers mouthwatering lemon curd lime blossom and mandarin orange flavors that show notes of fresh-grated ginger and lemon verbena. Sea salt minerality gains momentum on the finish where grace notes of toasted green tea citrus zest and white pepper linger. Drink now through 2030. 7176 cases made. #27 of Wine Spectator Top 100 of 2023
Jeb Dunnuck: 92 Points
The 2021 Chardonnay Russian River Valley takes on a little more ripe fruit and roundness with ripe yellow apple chamomile and melon rind. It has a more rounded mouthfeel and takes on fuller body with a supple silky smooth texture to its notes of ripe pear fresh earth and a touch of almond. Dink it over the next 5-6 years. Founded in 1996 by David and Carla Ramey the Rameys are continuing to produce benchmark wines while raising the bar for what Sonoma can achieve. In 2022 the Healdsburg-based winery was officially handed over to their children Claire and Alan who now share responsibility as co-presidents. During my tasting with Dave Claire and Alan they arranged several side-by-side comparisons with reference point wines from other wine regions. The highlight of these comparisons came when I tasted the 2020 Chardonnay Hyde Vineyard alongside the Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey 2020 Saint-Aubin Premier Cru En Remilly Hommage A Marguerite (94 points) as well as the Domaine Michelot 2020 Meursault Premier Cru Perrieres (92 points). While the Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey was wonderfully impressive and textural the Hyde had fantastic purity and length by comparison. The Domaine Michelot has the structure to have some longevity but felt a touch weedy which masked its otherwise purer characteristics of green apple citrus and toast. It fell short compared to the Hyde and the Saint-Aubin which was surprising considering the pedigree of this Premiere Cru site from Meursault. The overarching theme across the tasting was the longevity and balanced nature of the wines from Ramey which comes as less and less of a shock to me as I get to know their wines more intimately. Though I personally have an affinity for the whites these wines offer tremendous value with age-worthiness across the portfolio.
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