Shafer Red Shoulder Ranch Chardonnay 2016, Napa Valley/Carneros
Critic Reviews (3)
Deeply coloured, intensely aromatic, featuring fully ripe yellow-fleshed orchard fruit, creamy peaches and apricots,...
Expressive and brimming with array of ripe fruit. Notes of pineapple and melon with a hint of guava. Restrained use...
A more straight ahead, apple fruit ripe and mildly terpenic chardonnay here from Shafer in 2016. The fruit stands...
Community Reviews (1)
Ripe, fairly intense nose of apple, pear, orchard fruit, butterscotch, oak, and vanilla. It is medium-full bodied and structured with ripe aroma replays plus some spicy notes, all supported by vibrant acids. Long, juicy finish. Drink over the next 7-8 years. Tasted Oct/2019.
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