Category: | White Wines |
Sub-Category: | White Wines |
Producer: | Senses |
Label Name: | Charles Heintz Chardonnay |
Vintage: | 2017 |
Country: | United States |
Region: | Sonoma Coast, Sonoma County, California |
Volume: | 750ml |
ABV: | 14.5% |
Grape(s): | Chardonnay |
Acidity: | 4 |
Sweetness: | 1 |
Body: | 3 |
Length: | 4 |
Aroma Intensity: | 4 |
Best Temperature: | 12-14°C |
Awards/Ratings
95 points — Robert Parker's Wine Advocate (2017)
Tasting Note
Lime leaf, honeysuckle, white peach and faint pineapple with crushed stone and honeycomb notes. Tangy, lively acidity with a mineral-driven, very long finish and a lush, silky mid-palate.
Food Pairing
Roast chicken, butter-poached lobster, grilled salmon, creamy pasta, pork belly; Asian: miso-glazed black cod, tempura, sushi (salmon/tuna), ginger-scallion fish, yakitori.
Production Method
Hand‑harvested Clone 4 fruit from Charles Heintz Vineyard. Barrel-fermented (predominantly neutral French oak), aged sur lie ~14 months with partial/native malolactic influence; bottled after extended lees contact.
Vineyard Info
Senses Wines, founded by three friends from Occidental, Sonoma Coast, partners with winemaker Thomas Rivers Brown to produce single‑vineyard Chardonnays sourced from renowned sites like Charles Heintz.