Cakebread wines are always balanced, and their Chardonneys among the most reliable Napa Valley whites. The 2010 vintage shines with light golden-straw, delights with lively aromas of green apple, pear and citrus, intrigues with well integrated notes of vanilla and spices and plenty of creamy yellow fruit on the palate before easing toward a long clean finish. Over the past four decades, Cakebread Cellars has established a reputation as one of Napa's best producers of premium wines.
Serve at 10℃; this robust white goes well with pastas, grilled or roasted fish and white meat fowl, and makes a fine partner for Cantonese style crispy chicken.
8 months in 35% new French oak
Lovely now and through the next 3 - 5 years.
John H. Isacs