We all the time gentle up when new releases from Chalk Hill arrive. This pair is from the vineyard’s Sonoma Coast operations and each symbolize a number of the guess worth wines Chalk Hill sells.
2021 Chalk Hill Pinot Noir Sonoma Coast – A reasonably workmanlike wine from Chalk Hill, this reasonably beefy providing has a sure Vienna Sausage vibe, subduing the cherry notes at its core and perking up notes of rhubarb and overripe raspberry. Tea leaf on the end is a bit blunt. Give the wine a bit time to cool down and factor coalesce a bit, although I might extra foundationally counsel upgrading to considered one of Chalk Hill’s single winery releases. B / $22
2022 Chalk Hill Chardonnay Sonoma Coast – Daring with oak however simply shy of hitting overblown in building, this arrives on the palate as an in any other case approachable expression of Sonoma chardonnay, largely assembly expectations. Notes of baked apples and guava dominate, with sharp notes of lemon peel and a few curd including wanted acidity. It is a stable meals pairing choice, a bitter edge on the end giving the wine extra abrasive grip than I’d like for solo sipping. B+ / $17
2022 Chalk Hill Chardonnay Sonoma Coas
$17
