There's a reason winemakers around here are calling 2023 'the best vintage of their careers.' And a reason the wines are getting gaudy scores from the critics (including 96 points for this Chardonnay). It was a near-perfect vintage with no heat, fires, or drama of any kind and mid-October harvest dates like we used to see in the 1990s. This 2023 Estero got a pedigree bump too-- the final blend was 57% Burnside (which borders Littorai) + 19% Piner + 10% Tidal Break + 8% Skycrest + 6% Casa Seca. And it's 100% delicious. We've been over-vintaging this wine for the past few vintages, so it gets the long elevage and the complexity and flinty reduction that comes with it. The 3.3 pH means your mouth's gonna water.