2023 | Antica Terra Aurata Chardonnay | Willamette Valley Paladin First year

First year

98 Pts Kerin O Keefe

with green-apple crispness and herb-garden coolness

balance and intensity still have highest priority in Johanneshöhe

Pale yellow and bright colour with greenish hues

2023 | Antica Terra Aurata Chardonnay | Willamette Valley Paladin First yearA powerful and generous wine with so much going on. Interesting contrast of cool and warm aromas and flavors, such as wild honey, white nuts, sage, crisp green pears, ocean and oyster brine. The texture is really compelling with a core of linear acidity surrounded with plushness and framed with tension. Spicy and energetic, you can't help but go back to it. Full body. Drink or hold.