2016 Chardonnay Wine

Decanter, 96 points: A multi-layered complexity of fine blood orange, lemon grapefruit and haunting smoky perfumed notes blended with cedar toasted oak and an underlying mineral chalk finesse. Outstanding with incredible class and elegance.

Jasper Morris Inside Burgundy, 94 points: Pale lemon colour. The bouquet is backward. There is a fair amount of spice here, and some cheerful oak. A ripe and fairly exuberant Perrières with good length. The whole package works very well.

jebdunnuck.com, 93 points: The 2016 Chardonnay Anderson Valley from the team at Rhys knocks it out of the park, and I suspect it’s a screaming value. White peach, apple blossom, spice, and some white flower notes all flow to a medium-bodied...

jebdunnuck.com, 96 points: As always, the 2016 Chardonnay Horseshoe Vineyard is the most masculine and mineral-driven, with an exotic bouquet of white flowers, iodine, crushed rocks, and stone fruits. Reductive, concentrated, and powerful on the...

jamessuckling.com, 95 points: (94-95 points) A bright wine with peaches, sliced apples and lemons. A touch of the exotic. Medium to full body, crisp acidity and a clean, vertical finish. Energetic and intense. Drink on release.

Decanter, 91 points: Named after Véronique's son Arthur and grown in the deep, volcanic Jory soils of the Dundee Hills. Slight smoky aromas envelope hazelnut and ripe stone fruit while a scented, floral overtone sets an unusual accent. The...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 96 points: (96+Points) This Chardonnay comes from a single Wente selection clone planted on the Estate Vineyard on Los Carneros Avenue. The wine undergoes a very long, gentle pressing before being 100% barrel fermented with native...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 96 points: The 2016 Chardonnay Alpine Vineyard is a stunning young wine that's one of the best whites Rhys has produced to date. Opening up with vivid aromas of lemon oil, citrus pith, crisp apple and nutmeg, it's fuller-bodied...

Jasper Morris Inside Burgundy, 93 points: Pale lemon and lime with a robust, fully ripe bouquet showing peaches and oak. The wood does slightly dry the palate though there is still a fair density of fruit. This builds at the back, with refreshing acidity. Tasted:...

Vinous, 94 points: The 2016 Chardonnay Golden Slope shows the more potent, rich side of the Sta. Rita Hills. Candied orange peel, mint, hazelnut, vanilla and tropical overtones give the wine breadth. The Golden Slope is the most overt and...

Wine Enthusiast, 91 points: Now deliciously ready to drink, this ripe wine has touches of wood toast as well as smooth yellow fruits. It has a warm feel that still keeps minerality and acidity in play. Drink this rich wine from 2019. ROGER VOSS

Vinous, 90 points: (12.5% alcohol; from a steep southwest-facing slope with slightly richer soil than the Mâcon Milly-Lamartine Montagne de Cra; the vines here were planted from the late 1970s through the early '80s): Bright, full...

Wine Spectator, 90 points: Rich and well-spiced flavors of ripe apple, peach pastry and almond tart feature buttery accents. Hazelnut cream and clove notes linger on the finish. Drink now through 2022. 1,290 cases made. — KM

jamessuckling.com, 98 points: (97-98 points) This is a very structured Batard, which is more structured than many from this vineyard and in the vein of Montrachet. Full-bodied, dense and layered. Phenolic tension. Compacted and very, very impressive...

Jasper Morris Inside Burgundy, 92 points: Half crop. Clear fresh colour, some plump fruit here. Their white is in the upper part, very close to Caillerets. Quite floral, then more white fruit behind. Good finish, complex and interesting.

jebdunnuck.com, 92 points: The 2016 Chardonnay Uncovered is another rich, medium to full-bodied effort from this team that has ample toast and orchard fruit-like aromas, a fleshy, supple texture, good acidity, and a clean finish. It’s well worth...

Burghound, 89 points: An appealing fresh and bright nose consists of green fruit, hazelnut and citrus zest aromas. Here too the vibrant and more mineral-inflected flavors possess a pliant mid-palate though there is so much sappy extract that...

Burghound, 90 points: An attractively layered nose combines notes of lemongrass, green apple, mineral reduction and a whiff of petrol. The highly energetic middle weight flavors possess an appealing mouth feel while delivering solid depth and...

jebdunnuck.com, 97 points: Seeing the same elevage (12 months in one-third new oak followed by six months in tank), the 2016 Chardonnay Banfield Vineyard has a more savory style with notes of baked apple, honeyed minerality, brioche, and some...

jebdunnuck.com, 94 points: Arista Winery was founded in 2002 by Al and Janis McWilliams but is run today by their sons Mark and Ben, who took over the reins in 2012. They’ve brought on board winemaker Matt Courtney, revamped vineyards, and...

Burghound, 93 points: (91-93 points_) A whiff of wood toast is present on the pretty mix of acacia, green apple and essence of pear-scented nose. The medium weight plus flavors are both dense and intense with fine minerality and evident power...

Burghound, 92 points: (90-92 points) Moderate reduction and sulfur undertones make the nose tough to assess. Otherwise there is fine volume and density to the tautly muscular flavors that evidence good power and punch on the drier, more...

Burghound, 91 points: Once again there is a touch of the exotic to the honeysuckle, mango, lychee and intensely petrol-suffused aromas. There is reasonably good density to the utterly delicious flavors that are a lovely combination of...

Jasper Morris Inside Burgundy, 92 points: This excellent hillside vineyard suffered only a small shortfall. A little touch more colour here, not much nose showing. Much more intensity, and also persistence, white fruit throughout abetted by lemon notes. Fine long...