| YEAR | WINE/DESCRIPTION | PRICE | ||
| 2010 | Broadside Wildly Fermented Edna Valley Chardonnay Broadside is a collaboration between Chris Brockway of Broc Cellars and Brian Terrizzi of Giornata. If this winery has a mission statement it is to produce great "artisanal wines that are for people to drink not collect." This 2010 is from a 40-year old site utilizing the Wente clone. Stainless through and through, fresh, very good intensity, nice layered complexity, lemon verbena and honey. | $17.25 | ||
| 2009 | Brewer-Clifton Santa Rita Hills Chardonnay If you like your Chards on the elegant, silky, layered side, the 2009 BC Santa Rita Hills will fill the bill. WA 92 pts. | $34.95 | ||
| 2009 | Crowley Maresh Dundee Hills Chardonnay Looking for a cool-climate, Burgundian-styled Chardonnay? This is the ticket. Barrel-fermented, no new oak. 50 cases produced. | $64.95 | ||
| 2008 | Hanzell Vineyards Sonoma Chardonnay WS 91 pts. | $55.00 | ||
| 2008 | Stonestreet Lower Rim Alexander Valley Chardonnay RP 96 pts. | $64.95 | ||
| 2007 | Kongsgaard The Judge Chardonnay 150 case production. RP 98+ pts. | $580.00/magnum | ||
| 2006 | Marcassin Marcassin Vineyard Chardonnay RP 96+ pts. | $195.00 | ||
| 2006 | Marcassin Three Sisters Chardonnay RP 96 pts. | $155.00 | ||
| 2006 | Sans Permis Cuvee Juliet Bien Nacido Vineyard Chardonnay If Thomas Rivers Brown has his hands on a wine project, I will perk up and take notice. This super-talented winemaker for Schrader, Maybach, Outpost, Hourglass, and Rivers-Marie also made some killer whites for Sans Permis. "Never heard of it you say?" Well, here's the skinny. SP was started by George Van Duzer, who knew Brown from their days working at Turley. The 2004 wines received gonzo reviews from Parker, but then the operation ran into financial trouble and went bankrupt. With a name meaning "without permit" I guess that outcome goes with the territory. The liquid assets were frozen, so to speak, in a temperature controlled storage facility. Originally priced at $40-$45, the 2006's are now being released at a hugely discounted price of $19.95 per bottle. Single vineyard Chardonnay from Durell and Bien Nacido Vineyards coupled with the genius of Thomas Brown for $19.95? Is there a better Chardonnay value out there? | $19.95 | ||
| 2006 | Sea Smoke Chardonnay | $185.00/magnum | ||
| 2004 | Kongsgaard The Judge Chardonnay RP 98 pts. | $274.95 | ||
| 2003 | Peter Michael Point Rouge Chardonnay RP 97 pts. | $260.00 |