2019 Favia ‘Carbone’ Chardonnay Coombsville Napa Valley

JD94 Coming from the Coombsville region (the vines are right beside the winery) in the southern part of Napa Valley, the 2019 Chardonnay Carbone sports a vivid gold hue as well as a beautiful perfume of white flowers, honeysuckle, tart peach, and Meyer lemons. It’s racy, medium-bodied, has bright acidity, and a salty finish that makes you salivate. Give bottles a year or two and it should keep through 2029.
East Notes: It is such a pleasure to release the newest vintage of our CARBONE Chardonnay, named after the brothers who originally planted the vineyards and built the winery that now is our home. This young wine showcases all that we love about this variety: focused energy, palate intensity, and a rush of flavors of green apple, pear skin, citrus, and almond cake. Time in the glass helps to unfurl added layers of flavors and aromas—lemongrass, vanilla bean, wet slate, and coriander. The green and golden fruit comes from thirty-two-year-old vines, organically farmed and carefully harvested by hand. Whole-cluster pressed, the juice is fermented in barrel, with only a small percentage of new French oak. We discourage the malo-lactic fermentation to preserve the vibrant natural acidity, pulling the wine together with a narrow focus. Aging on the lees for ten months, with bâttonage, broadens the mouthfeel and adds length. n the end, this combination makes for a wine that is compelling and hard to resist. 100% Chardonnay 560 cases produced