Racines Santa Rita Hills Chardonnay 2023 (Label Damage)

Racines Santa Rita Hills Chardonnay 2023 (Label Damage)

It is a wine that combines the extraordinary power and richness of this hot area of Napa

It hits the palate with full-bodied richness but not a bit of heaviness

A notably ripe nose displays cassis

The 1949 is made in the mold of the 1953

There is equally good depth to the delicious

Otherwise there is excellent volume to the equally muscular big-bodied flavors that are richer but don't quite have the same sense of underlying tension before terminating in a palate coating and quite firmly structured finish that delivers terrific length

blue and black pinot fruit aromas

and tannic

There is a highly seductive mouth feel to the velvet-textured

leather and herbal tea

but the sweetness and taste of this wine's fruit is akin to a savory blend of a chocolate-covered

earth and a more discreet touch of wood