2019 Benovia Chardonnay "La Pommeraie"
Producer: Benovia
Region: Russian River Valley, Sonoma, CA
Country: USA
Grapes: 100% Chardonnay
Vintage: 2019
ABV: 14.5%
Drink By: 2025
Occasional Wine Note: Baked apple and ripe stone fruit blend well here with touches of caramel and minerality to bring richness and complexity to each sip. We like both the Pinot and the Chardonnay from this vineyard, and wines more generally from this producer. Another winner!
Wine Enthusiast
Critic Score: 95
This is a tight, layered and balanced white wine. It is fleshy yet elegant in its ripe stone-fruit core, with lasting accents of mineral, wet stone and baking spice that linger on the finish.
James Suckling
Score: 94
Plenty of cooked-apple, vanilla-bean and flaky pie-crust aromas and flavors. Full-bodied, intense and deep with lots of fruit and richness. Butterscotch and salted-caramel complexity at the end. A bigger, richer style. Opulent and fun!