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Phenolic intensity plays off a set of bright aromas and flavors, which makes for a complete and intriguing wine. A long, extended finish only adds to the wine’s considerable appeal. The Stone Flat is a gorgeous, complete wine,
Exhibits a bright, vivid, juicy mix of lemon, green pear, white peach and honeydew flavors, shaded by spicy, toasty oak. Deftly balanced, ending with minerality and a trace of savory herb.
More restrained, delicate and playing it closer to the vest is the 2013 Chardonnay Stone Flat Vineyard. This wine has a touch of tropical fruit, including mango and pineapple, good body and some gravel-like, stony minerality.