I have had this wine many times over the past two years, but I don't think I have ever appreciated its quality as much as I did tonight, comparing it to a wine 10 years its junior, the 2022 Rock Station Napa Chardonnay. Rock Station, purchased at Trader Joe's for $12.99, is a decent wine with light oak/mineral traits typical of Carneros Chardonnays. The Wind Gap is a totally different wine and actually tastes and smells younger than the 2022 Rock Station.
Medium lemon yellow compared to a medium dark gold with the Rock Station. The bouquet is not Carneros, of course, but it has some of the Carneros elegance plus beautiful complexity and depth. Apples, lemon custard, minerals. Great acid structure to support the ripe fruit flavors.
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