2007 Wind Gap Chardonnay Brosseau Vineyard Chalone

Hazy yellow. An intensely perfumed bouquet offers ripe pear, quince paste, smoked meat, licorice and minerals, plus a hint of green almond. Fleshy orchard fruit flavors are given a bitter edge by peach pit and quinine, picking up a sweet butter note with air. Succulent herb and pit fruit qualities dominate the long, juicy finish. Pretty wild stuff, and complex enough to drink now. This was made with 100% whole clusters and native yeasts.