Chardonnay “Isobel, Charles Heintz Vineyard”, DuMOL, Sonoma Coast, CA, 2022

The greatest vineyards always rise to the occasion and so it was at Heintz in 2022. In this early season, the fruit wasn’t quite ready before the heat arrived, but it only took two hot days to find the maturity and expression we look for. One of my favorite vintages for Heintz in 2017, and this new vintage shares obvious common traits. What we love about the vineyard is its ability to express both exotic fruit and mineral tension in a seamless manner, and that’s exactly what we have here – an edge of guava underpinned by savory grapefruit and steely minerals. A magic combination that few vineyards can pull off. Our 21st vintage of Heintz “Isobel.”