Post & Beam, Carneros, Chardonnay, 2023, 14.3% abv.

Nose: white and yellow fruits, especially young peaches, white flowers, with air time there are more green grapes, in the end it smells like ferric purple grape juice.

Palate: medium to full body, slightly viscous, entry is stone fruits and flowers, mid palate shows more copper and nickel, steel?, gets more bitter from the back palate, with the back palate showing boiled peach juice, stone fruit skins, peach jelly, hint of wood, alcohol which leads to a bitter aftertaste. Damn, wasn't too bad… now it's just a funny white.

Finish: short, dry, stone fruits, alcohol.

Vernacular: nose is primary with stone fruits. Medium to full body, good minerality, decent acidity, noticeable tannins, light alcohol.

Grade: C+

Far Niente, Chardonnay, 2022, 14.3% abv.

Nose: vanilla cream, light butter, light white and yellow fruits, with time it converges to a medium vanilla ice cream, steamed vanilla pods. Wish this was stronger.

Palate: medium body, entry is oak juice, light vinegar, hints of boiled tea leaves, mid palate transitions to a sour vanilla cake, wood and oak from the wine perspective, lots of low level fruit juice supported by a light vanilla cream, back palate shows a vanilla grape juice. Little to no alcohol. Some decent vanilla elements, but the accoutrements don't really support the vanilla elements like some classical meursaults and X-montrachets.

Finish: short, vanilla residue, hints of green grape juice, minimal alcohol if any.

Vernacular: nose shows secondary and

light primary. Medium body, moderate acidity, light to medium secondary, light minerality, no alochol. Short finish, dry, reflects palate.

Grade: C+