2023 Chalone Vineyards Chardonnay Estate Chalone Appellation

100 % Chardonnay

9 Months in 33% French Oak

VINEYARD Our Estate Chardonnay is sourced from some of our oldest vineyard sites, including grapes planted in 1972 and an outstanding 1985 planting that was grafted using budwood taken from vines planted in 1946. The age of our vines gives our Chardonnay wines their intense flavors, superior quality, and excellent aging potential. The 2022 Estate Chardonnay hails from the Reservoir, Vista, MacWood, and Strip vineyard sites of Chalone Vineyard. The final wine blend includes a variety of Chardonnay clones: 76, 95, Mt. Eden, and Chalone.

VINTAGE Chalone Vineyard and the entire Central Coast region experienced cool, even weather patterns throughout growing season - a welcome change after years of challenges. The fruit was able to ripen slowly, developing full flavors and varietal character. 2023 will be remembered as a classic vintage, yielding excellent fruit quality and wines.

WINE The 2023 Estate Chardonnay opens with notes of banana, vanilla, lemongrass, honey, Meyer lemon, and plenty of wet slate and river rock minerality. Flavors on the palate mirror the nose, adding stone fruits and toasty oak characters to round out this medium-bodied delightful Chardonnay