A classic Chardonnay profile of orchard fruit, yellow apple, and bosc pear with gently warming tones of vanilla paste and baking spice. Bluebird Hill Cellars 2016 Willamette Valley Chardonnay shows a degree of freshness on the palate—50% of the fruit undergoes malolactic fermentation while the other half does not—and lees aging has added body and round, silky mouthfeel as well. A taught vein of acidity slowly dissolves to reveal the underpinnings of a mineral spine. Sample
90 Points