2016 Chardonnay Wine

Wine Enthusiast, 95 points: This impressive white delivers a core of quince, lemon rind and apple that blends with accents of white flower and lemongrass. Crisp acidity drives the freshness on the textured palate, offering elegance and plenty of...

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.

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...

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.

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...

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...

jebdunnuck.com, 97 points: Leading off the Chardonnays, the 2016 Chardonnay Ma Douce (which translates to “My Sweet”) is a rich, full-bodied, blockbuster effort that still stays incredibly pure, seamless, and elegant. Heavenly notes of crushed...

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...

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, 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:...

Wine Spectator, 93 points: This white is saturated with peach, lemon curd, lime blossom, honey and light spice flavors. The plush texture gives this immediate appeal, but there is a firm structure underneath and even a touch of tannins. Best from...

Vinous, 92 points: The 2016 Chablis Les Montmains 1er Cru comes entirely from the titular vineyard and is matured 60% in oak. It has an attractive richness on the nose, more so than the Les Vaillons Vieilles Vignes, scents of white peach...

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...

Wine Enthusiast, 94 points: The nose on this bottling blends savory depth with floral lightness, combining sandalwood, seared Meyer lemon peels, butterscotch, hot sandstone and flashes of honeysuckle on the nose. Sea salt and nectarine lead toward...

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...

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...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 94 points: (92 - 94 points) The 2016 Puligny Montrachet 1er Cru Clos de la Pucelle has a more austere nose than the Folatières, more stony and earthier in style, a bit aloof, but it begins to open with gusto with aeration. The...

jamessuckling.com, 92 points: (91-92 points) Plenty of clay here, giving a broad and appealing fleshiness to the palate. It also has a creamy, peach custard-like edge. This is packed with interest. Very flamboyant but contained in the finish. Drink now.