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Crisp yellow lemon peel, wet stone and just-ripe pear make for an engaging nose of this bottling. The palate is both tightly wound and generous, offering mandarin orange and lemon blossom flavors on a zesty frame.
...deeper aromatics of orchard fruits, toasted bread, and honeyed minerality. It's rich, medium-bodied, has good concentration, and a bright spine of acidity.
Melon, pear, baked apple, spice and chamomile open nicely in the glass, but what impresses most about the Tinaquaic Chardonnay is its understatement and nuance.