A pinnacle Oregon Chardonnay, the 2014 Evening Land Seven Springs Vineyard Summum hails from a single block at the heart of the Seven Springs vineyard where the soil is thin and a stony basalt outcropping can be seen. The vines, all Dijon clones, were planted in 1984, and are naturally low yielding. Summum is stunningly pure, precise, and texturally elegant. A silken ribbon wrapped around a core of yellow apples and d’Anjou pear. Mandarin orange, lemon curd, pencil lead, followed by trace minerality—it’s very Burgundian. Sample
9.3 Points