Light golden in color, clear and bright. The nose has gun powder and yellow grapefruit. Medium bodied. On the palate, grapefruits with underlying char/smoke. Good acidity. Slight residual sugar on the finish. A nice wine, but it sees no oak which makes it suspect that the grapes were close to the wildfires. Is the "smoke" just from sulfur? Drink over the next few years. Better on its own or with some cheeses.
This is a middle of the road example of today's Napa Chard. Pale golden in color. The nose is dusty with spice and lemon cream. On the palate, the lemon cream comes thru. Just a touch of oak showing. Very nice acidity. An underlying minerality. Nice finish. This is young of course, but drinking very well. It should drink well for the next eight to ten years. A nice drink on its own and will work well with lighter foods.
At a recent blind tasting of Napa Chardonnay's, it turned out that there were two identical bottles submitted and served blind. Always an interesting experiment as such factors as storage and even the tasting order can affect the results. As it turned out, bottle #1 was the first served while bottle #2 was the last one served.
