DuMOL

2024 DuMOL Chardonnay 'Chloe', Russian River Valley

$80.00

Wine Advocate, 95 points: The 2024 Chardonnay Chloe comes from the Flora Marie Vineyard (55%) and Dumol's Bressay Estate Vineyard (45%). It has youthfully shy aromas of flint, spice, oyster shell and saline. The full-bodied palate surprises with its satiny texture and expansive, honeyed flavors. It’s balanced by bright, bursting acidity and has a very long, spicy finish. It will benefit from a few years in the cellar.

Wine Palate, 95 points: The 2024 Chardonnay Chloe slowly unfurls in the glass to reveal fragrant notes of yellow apples, lemon tart, and orange blossoms, giving way to nuances of shaved almonds, baking bread, and wet slate. The medium- to full-bodied palate is silky and seductive, with delicately perfumed orchard fruit flavors and a long, fragrant finish. This is 55% from Flora Marie Vineyard and 45% from DuMOL Bressay Vineyard.

Vinous, 94 pts: The 2024 Chardonnay Isobel Charles Heintz Vineyard is a classic wine off this ranch, perhaps a bit understated because of the decision to pick early, but full of character nonetheless. Apricot, lemon confit, white pepper, slate, oyster shell and sage are all sculpted in the glass. This is impeccably done. Drinking window: 2027 - 2034.

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