2013 Kongsgaard, The Judge Chardonnay, Napa Valley
Price On Request
100RP
Critic key
RP = Robert Parker
- Rating
- RP100
- Producer
- Kongsgaard
- Vintage
- 2013
- Region
- California
- Appellation
- Napa Valley
- Country
- United States
- Volume
- 750mL
- Type
- Still
- Color
- White
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Product Description
Of course, it?s hard to find any, but there are usually about eight to 15 barrels of his estate Chardonnay from Coombsville called ?The Judge? in honor of his father. From old Wente clones originally planted in 1975, yields are rarely in excess of one ton of fruit per acre, which no doubt accounts for its extraordinary intensity and richness. The 2013 Chardonnay The Judge is perfect, and certainly one of the greatest Chardonnays I have ever tasted. Keeping in mind that Kongsgaard is no youngster at this game (2015 was his 41st vintage making wine), his 2013 The Judge, from the white volcanic soil in Coombsville called tufa, is an amazing wine of great intensity, power, glory, elegance, texture, density and richness. The wine offers up loads of tangerine oil, caramelized citrus, honeysuckle, white peach, apricots, and wet stones. It seems to be a smorgasbord of aromas and flavors that just keep opening as the wine sits in the mouth. This is an amazing effort and one of the greatest Chardonnays ever made in California.
Kongsgaard, The Judge Chardonnay, Napa Valley
Kongsgaard, The Judge Chardonnay, Napa Valley