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91 pts International Wine Report (2022) 92 pts Wine Enthusiast (Editors’ Choice) (2022) 92 pts James Suckling (2022)
Our 20th vintage of Lumière Chardonnay! Pressed whole cluster and fermented on native yeasts, this richly styled chardonnay leads with a nose of Asian pears, toasty brioche, Delicious apples, and lemon zest, followed by a juicy mélange of apple, pear, walnut and vanilla flavors. Supplely textured now but designed to age beautifully for oh, about 20 years or so.
Food pairing: Dungeness crab with lemon butter dripping off your elbows. Trust us.
Movie pairing: Harold and Maude
FOUNDERS NOTES: Ah, Lumière. We love crisp, clean chardonnay produced in cooler sites and aged with judicious oak influence, such as we've enjoyed from producers in villages such as Chassagne Montrachet and from California producers like Stony Hill. Lumière is our attempt to deliver that kind of chardonnay experience. Best enjoyed with little pieces of Dungeness crab all over your face and lemon butter dripping off your chin. First produced in 2005, the older vintages are drinking beautifully still.
