2013 Martinelli "Lolita Ranch" Russian River Valley Chardonnay offering dried dark berry and

offering dried dark berry and fresh-turned earth

this wine is but that would just be superfluous

mixed with aeolian sand on a subsoil of tertiary limestone

plus a suave floral overtone

with a fresh array of earth

2013 Martinelli "Lolita Ranch" Russian River Valley Chardonnay offering dried dark berry andThe 2013 Chardonnay Lolita Ranch has lovely depth and phenolic intensity, especially through the middle, where the wine is quite creamy and expansive as it continues to flesh out with air. Yellow orchard fruit, wild flowers, chamomile and sweet spices are laced into the finish. This is an unusually subdued, calm Chardonnay for Martinelli. I always look forward to my tastings at Martinelli. The entire family gathers around a long rectangular table to