
CATENA - Chardonnay High Mountain Vines - 2019
- - 90 points-
Tim Atkin MW
May 2020This is the second of four levels of Chardonnay quality at Catena and it's a very appealing blend...
Detailed press reviewThis is the second of four levels of Chardonnay quality at Catena and it's a very appealing blend...
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Detailed press reviewTasted in components. #1, from 18-year-old vines in Chaillets: smoke-accented cherry and blackberry...
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