Cakebread Chardonnay 23

Cakebread has been one of Napa Valley's most celebrated Chardonnay producers since the 1970s, and this bottling shows why the reputation has held—generous and layered, with ripe pear, lemon butter, and toasty oak balanced by enough acidity to keep things alive. A perennial benchmark.

Wine Details:Grapes: 100% ChardonnayABV: 13.8%Bottle Size: 750mlFarming / Practices: Carneros, Napa Valley, California (Cakebread Cellars, founded 1973); night-harvested, aged approx. 8 months in French oak (approx. 32% new) with partial malolactic fermentation