Tangy and pleasantly round upon entry, this mingles fresh apple and peach fruit with baking spice highlights. There is a full midpalate, fruit-driven and flavorful, that gracefully tails off into a tart and juicy finish. ——P.G.(3/1/2011)—— 88

This was a wet and difficult vintage in much of Oregon, and the 12.3% alcohol listed for this light, green Chardonnay suggests that it simply didn’t ripen. Bone-dry, with a touch of minerality, the tart green apple flavors, thin to begin with, seem to vanish in mid-swallow. There is no midpalate at all.——P.G.(4/1/2009)—— 84