Stag's Leap Wine Cellars, Fay Vintage:2012 The 2020 Chardonnay Bearwallow Vineyard

The 2020 Chardonnay Bearwallow Vineyard opens with fresh

The 2012 Pavie-Macquin shows how appealing the best wines from this vintage are

It comes along as full-bodied yet pure

That is not to say that I think the wines could not have been improved in the past

because the wines are powerful enough on their own

Stag's Leap Wine Cellars, Fay Vintage:2012 The 2020 Chardonnay Bearwallow VineyardThis wine has both elegance and finesse, expressing creamy aromas of fine oak and cigar box accompanied by fresh, juicy dark fruits. Five spice, menthol, harmonious cherry and a raspberry hint give a complex yet balanced red fruit character. Founded in 1970 and winner of the best red wine in the 1976 Judgement of Paris tasting, this is one of Napas first growths.