Cameron Dundee Hills Chardonnay 2024 Color:White with a whiff of orange

with a whiff of orange peel that shows up again on the dancing bright palate with juicy black fruits

La Orotava was one of the first places planted to vines in Tenerife

for scallops

nearly abandoned ancient vines digging through slate and granite and shale

but we find ourselves coming back again and again to this simple

Cameron Dundee Hills Chardonnay 2024 Color:White with a whiff of orangeThis Chardonnay is made almost exclusively from a single block of Chardonnay clone 108 on Abbey Ridge. It spent 10 months in oak, and in classic Cameron fashion, a couple barrels of new oak were used in the blend. They save their most seasoned barrels for their single vineyard reserves, but it works well in this 2024 edition, because without that softening of oak this wine would feel like a laser beam pointed at your tonsils. Aromas here start with