2023 Summer Dreams ‘The Sun Also Rises’ Chardonnay

WP96 The 2023 The Sun Also Rises Chardonnay comes tearing out of the glass with gregarious scents of honey-drizzled pears, ripe apricots, and pineapple upside-down cake, leading to hints of allspice, butterscotch, and orange blossoms. The full-bodied palate delivers rich, mouth-coating orchard and tropical fruit layers with a decadent oily texture and fantastic tension, finishing long and honey-laced.

DEC95 In 2023, the wine is wonderfully expressive, showing notes of ginger and toasty oak with spectacular richness. Tropical fruit, white pepper and ripe apricot interplay in a complex, luxurious composition. ‘It’s a luxury wine,’ says Jayson Woodbridge, ‘for people who want richness and gorgeousness without anything too heavy—it’s elegance and opulence in perfect balance, threading a bright acid needle.’ The moment the wine was made public, Woodbridge immediately locked down the copyright to Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises. He also purchased Peterson Ranch on the West Sonoma Coast, a west-facing hillside site farmed by Jim Barbour, which is the source of this wine.