JEB DUNNUCK 96 POINTS - "The 2022 Chardonnay Bentrock Vineyard has its own style, with an incredibly pure, orchard fruit-driven nose that carries ample savory herb, toasted spice, and brioche-like nuances. It brings a more generous, round, supple style on the palate and is medium-bodied, beautifully balanced, and layered, with a great finish. While the Radian needs 2-3 years to let its acidity chill out, this is ready to go yet will still evolve gracefully over the following decade."
ANTONIO GALLONI 95 POINTS - "The 2022 Chardonnay Bentrock is a vivid, explosive wine endowed with striking depth. Lemon peel, crushed rocks, white peppers, mint and slate all race across the palate. This is classic Bentrock through and through. What a wine."
ROBERT PARKER'S WINE ADVOCATE 95 POINTS - "The 2022 Chardonnay Bentrock Vineyard is the most exotic expression of Chardonnay from the vintage, while thankfully sacrificing none of its endemic clarity. A lush nose of citrus oil, pastry cream, kumquat and jasmine aromas introduces a rich yet nimble palate that foregrounds punchy textural power, growing more enlivened with tensile energy as it opens in the glass. The finish is intense yet controlled, lingering long with pitch-perfect balance that recalls the round yet focused nature of the nose."
ANTONIO GALLONI 95 POINTS - "The 2022 Chardonnay Bentrock is a vivid, explosive wine endowed with striking depth. Lemon peel, crushed rocks, white peppers, mint and slate all race across the palate. This is classic Bentrock through and through. What a wine."
ROBERT PARKER'S WINE ADVOCATE 95 POINTS - "The 2022 Chardonnay Bentrock Vineyard is the most exotic expression of Chardonnay from the vintage, while thankfully sacrificing none of its endemic clarity. A lush nose of citrus oil, pastry cream, kumquat and jasmine aromas introduces a rich yet nimble palate that foregrounds punchy textural power, growing more enlivened with tensile energy as it opens in the glass. The finish is intense yet controlled, lingering long with pitch-perfect balance that recalls the round yet focused nature of the nose."
