Wine Enthusiast: ...exceptionally ripe fruit and sweet, smoky oak appeals to you, you'll love this wine. It's an explosion of pineapple jam, tangerine and vanilla cream flavors, brightened wit...

About this Wine: "...These five-year old vines include clones from Hyde, Hudson Mt. Eden and Calera... crop levels in both of these vineyards were just over one ton per acre in 2003..."

Wine Spectator: Beautifully crafted, this is rich, intense and focused, with a complex mix of ripe, vibrant green apple, pear, melon and spice, picking up a subtle honeyed edge on the finish....

About this Wine: Lee Gnesa (pronounced knee-sa) and his family planted this intimate four-acre vineyard in 1996 on Highway 246 on a ge...

About this Wine: Lee Gnesa (pronounced knee-sa) and his family planted this intimate four-acre vineyard in 1996 on Highway 246 on a ge...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Yellow-gold. An exotically perfumed nose offers candied orange, licorice and a hint of toasty lees. The most opulent of this set of chardonnays but there's uncanny vibrancy in...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Bright gold. Full-blown aromas of melon, yellow peach and guava, plus a gentle smoky quality. Broad pit and tropical fruit flavors coat the palate and are lifted by gentle aci...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Light gold. Musky, spice-accented aromas of pear, melon and honeysuckle, with a strong note of toasty lees. Smoky and broad but vibrant, with impressive depth to its orchard...

Wine Spectator: Fragrant and complex, with floral aromas of lemon, pebble, citrus and green apple that are delivered on a beam. Tightly wound and sharply focused, this is long and persistent ...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Yellow-gold. Exotically perfumed bouquet displays scents of sweet butter, melon, smoky lees and iodine. Open-knit melon and pit fruit flavors are given spine by gentle acidity...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Vivid yellow-gold. High-pitched aromas of fresh orchard fruits, minerals, honeysuckle and white pepper show serious power and focus. Deep, palate-staining and precise, with ...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Bright, green-tinged gold. Powerful orchard fruit and orange marmalade aromas and flavors, with intense spice and anise qualities and a touch of agave. Deeply pitched but li...

Wine Spectator: Clean, pure and complex, with a range of enticing flavors that echo spice, ripe apple and melon, with a light cedary edge. Drink now through 2015. -JL

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2011 Chardonnay Mt. Harlan bursts from the glass with expressive apricots, peaches, crushed rocks, French oak and spices. Rich yet weightless, the 2011 is striking from th...

Wine Enthusiast: So elegant and sophisticated, this is a great value in California Chardonnay. Although it's dry, it's rich and delicious in pineapples, pears, mangoes and honey, with an opule...

Connoisseurs' Guide: The slightly richer and more ambitious of the Carmel Road pair, this weighty, well-ripened Chardonnay combines extracted, ripe apple fruit with a full dose of sweet oak and hi...

Wine Spectator: Combines richness with density and a tight core of pear, melon, green apple and light cedary oak flavors. This is raw and young, so give it time. The finish is complex, layere...