Patricia Green 2017 Durant Vineyard Chardonnay

Price - $54.75/bottle

Product description

Vintage: 2017

Vintage rating: 8/10

Variety: 100% Chardonnay

Colour: White 

Region: Willamette Valley, Oregon

Producer: Patricia Green Cellars

Winemaker: Jim Anderson

Sustainable: Yes

Drinking Window: 2019-2024

Wine Spectator score: 92 points

Points on Wine Review - 92 points

This solid Chardonnay from Patricia Green has so much going on, and at this price point beats most other Chardonnays from Oregon. The wine has aromas of lemon peel, ripe stone fruits, jasmine, yellow apple. The palate is layered and reminds me so much of a Chablis, yet a little richer, with a saline, shell texture along with great fruit purity. You know it’s not a Californian Chardonnay and it’s not a Burgundy Chardonnay, hence you are brought to Oregon. What I appreciate about this wine is how it really shows the quality of the Dundee Hills appellation with that crushed stone quality and straight finish.

Food pairing:

Shellfish | Baked chicken | Risotto

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Alexander recipe suggestions:

Grilled lobster with garlic butter

Baked chicken thighs with herbs and mushrooms

Butternut squash risotto 

Technical description 

Appellation: Dundee Hills

Site: Durant Vineyard

Soil: Jory

Yield: 50 hl/ha

pH: 3.5

R/S: 0.1 g/l

Alcohol by volume: 13.2 % 

Aging: 33% new French oak for 10 months

Number of cases: 294