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Calera Central Coast Chardonnay 2023

Calera Central Coast Chardonnay 2023

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95 Pts, Jeb Dunnuck – 93 Points, Decanter

The king himself, Robert Parker, Jr., once labeled Calera as “California’s Romanée-Conti.” I’m not sure that you can do much better than that. I’m also not sure you can do much better than Calera’s 2023 Central Coast Chardonnay that comes with as many accolades as you could want, and deserves every single one of them with its incredible minerality, precision and waves of pure citrus fruit.

The incredible limestone soil in these sacred vineyards is incredibly noticeable in the glass. Make no mistake about it. You can taste the piercing minerality in Calera’s Chardonnay, and the sophistication and pinpoint accuracy as well. Jeb Dunnuck gave the 2023 Chardonnay 95 points and called it “gorgeous” with “incredible barrel-spiced aromatics” and boasting a “bristling underlying acidity with weight, freshness and finesse.” This is a medium-to-full bodied beauty with a broad mouthfeel and a wide range of flavors ranging from apple to fresh baked bread, brioche and white peach.

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95 Points, Jeb Dunnuck
Gorgeous, the 2023 Chardonnay is from 1984-planted, own-rooted vines planted at 2,200-feet elevation. Incredible barrel-spiced aromatics open to a full-bodied, generously layered, concentrated palate of mineral-driven gravelly texture and flavors of apple skin, baked peach, and brioche. Rounded, with bristling underlying acidity, it has weight with freshness and finesse, chalky in texture with a long finish.

93 Points, Decanter
Rich notes of poached pear launch from the glass, in this wine comprised of fruit from the San Luis Obispo and Monterrey County appellations. Ripe pineapple flesh and intense white peaches with dabs of honeyed ginger. The palate shows a richness and intensity that’s hard to resist. Rich tropical fruits mingle with wisps of candied ginger and a dash of sea salt.

If you don’t know the Calera story, here’s the skinny: before he ever made a single bottle, Josh Jensen worked harvests at Domaine de la Romanée-Conti, then Domaine Dujac, then Château-Grillet in the Rhône, all with one goal: bring what he learned back to California. He spent more than two years hunting for limestone-rich soil like the kind in Burgundy’s Côte d’Or and finally found it in the Gavilan Mountains near Monterey. He named the winery Calera, the Spanish word for lime kiln, and planted on steep slopes up to 2,500 feet. The king himself, Robert Parker, Jr., labeled the estate “California’s Romanée-Conti.”

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