Stonestreet, Upper Barn Chardonnay Brut Zero Ziereisen's 2013 Spätburgunder Jaspis Alte

Ziereisen's 2013 Spätburgunder Jaspis Alte Reben has a dark and intense ruby color and opens with a deep

This is a powerful and notably serious effort that is most impressive though I underscore that it will not be an enticing candidate for early consumption

and rich with a delicious

stylish and lingering finale

An exceptionally ripe nose displays a port-like nuance on the spicy and earthy dark raspberry and cassis-suffused nose

Stonestreet, Upper Barn Chardonnay Brut Zero Ziereisen's 2013 Spätburgunder Jaspis AlteFrom a site made famous by Helen Turley when she was buying its fruit, the 2014 Chardonnay Upper Barn is at an 1,800 foot elevation and spent 11 months in 52% new French oak. A killer Chardonnay (as it always has been), the wine offers up notes of wet gravel, citrus oil, apple blossom, orange marmalade, honeysuckle, and a hint of almond paste. Fabulous fruit on the attack, mid palate and finish characterizes this dry, gorgeous, compelling Chardonnay