Nicolas-Jay Affinites Willamette Valley Chardonnay 2021 USA (750ml)

2021 Affinités Chardonnay

Willamette Valley - Oregon

WINEMAKER TASTING NOTES 

The 2021 Affinités Chardonnay displays a clean, brilliant, straw colored hue. Grannysmith apple aromas rise first, then a subtle curve toward toasted brioche and sweet lemon curd that shifts into high intensity as the wine aerates. There’s an abundance of citrus fruits that lean toward oranges and tangerines while pomelo grapefruit and wet stone minerals weave elegantly throughout. The acids are elevated on the frontend and there's a soft enclosure of toasted biscuit that breaks open to a flood of flavors that run parallel to sweet nectarine, Meyer lemon zest and vine-ripened pears amid a backbone of chalky