Country: U.S.A.

Region: Napa Valley

Vintage: 2018

Cépage: Chardonnay (100%)

Size: 750 ml

Rating(s): 99+ (RP); 94 (JD)

" The 2018 Chardonnay Ladybug was aged for 23 months in French oak, 80% new. It soars out of the glass with vibrant scents of pink grapefruit, pineapple upside-down cake and passion fruit with lovely lemon drop, honeysuckle and mandarin peel hints plus a spicy touch of nutmeg. Medium to full-bodied, the palate is achingly silken, subtly nuanced and yet wonderfully intense, multilayered and long, long, long. Crazy good Chardonnay!"

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