Pearlstad Chardonnay 2022

Martin Woods

$49.99 on 6+ bottles (code: 6saves5)
$54.99 US LowSALE

Our Tasting Notes:Lemon yellow, straw, some green flecks of color. A nose of fresh citrus, iris floral, saline and chipped chalky stones. On the palate we have a med body, med/med+ acids, a med+ palate intensity and finish with the citrus, saline, and florals. Only 4% new oak, 65% French oak and 35% American oak.The American oak is Oregon-based from the woods of Martin-Woods and very tight grained, superb!

NO SCORES for the 2022s yet!

2021 for comparison’s sake:
93 Vinous
The 2021 Chardonnay Pearlstad Vineyard lifts up with a delicate bouquet, tempting the imagination with hints of young peach, white flowers and raw almond. It is soothingly round with honeyed inner florals up front embellishing its white pit fruits as brisk acidity pinches at the palate. This leaves a cheek-puckering citrusy concentration as hints of fresh mint and liquid stone slowly fade. Understated today, I expect the Pearlstad Vineyard to blossom in the coming years.– January 2024

2021 for comparison’s sake:
94+ pts Wine Advocate
The 2021 Riesling Hyland Vineyard Noble Rot comes from own-rooted vines planted in 1973. Picked on October 8, it’smade in the style of a German Auslese “Goldcapsule,containing about 90% botrytized grapes and 80 grams per liter residual sugar (it has 11.3% alcohol). It’s deep and broody on the nose, with candied peach, bruised apple, graham cracker and exotic spice mingling with touches of honey and mushroom. The palate is surprisingly vibrant. It has racy acidity that balances its sugar and energizes its core of spicy fruit and ends with a long, shimmery finish. It’s a very drinkable sweet wine that will pair with all types of foodI imagine it with something really spicy!

AVA:Eola-Amity Hills
Elevation / aspect:400 – 500 ft, south-west slope
Soils series:steiwer & chehulpum (marine sediments, shallow to bedrock)
Planted:2016, clonal selections 76, 96 and 548
Press regime:whole cluster, oxidative juice handling (without sulfur)
Elevage:14 months in 228L & 400L Oregon & French cooperage (neutral)