Country: U.S.A.

Region: Napa Valley

Vintage: 2019

Cépage: Chardonnay (100%)

Size: 750 ml

Rating(s): 96-98+ (RP)

" Sugar Shack is produced from Montrachet clone vines grown in Rutherford AVA. It is aged in French oak barrels, 70% new. A barrel sample, the 2019 Chardonnay Sugar Shack has a fabulously flamboyant nose of juicy Bosc pears, ripe apricots and ginger cake with hints of orange blossoms, crème caramel and toasted almonds. The palate is concentrated, full-bodied and beautifully textured with loads of stone fruit and spice layers, finishing long with a chalkiness coming through on the finish."

Lisa Perrotti-Brown (RP) - 01/21