Nicolas Jay Affinites Chardonnay 2022

USA : OREGON : WILLAMETTE VALLEY ORGANIC : Chardonnay MED-BODIED, LEMON CURD, WET STONE, CITRUS BLOSSOM, WHITE PEACH, 25% NEW OAK Affinités — "the relationship and connection between different elements" — blends three Willamette Valley sites: Bishop Creek in Yamhill-Carlton and Spirit Hill and Von Oehsen in the Eola-Amity Hills, with vines between 19 and 25 years old. Fermented in barrel with native yeast and aged 13 months on 25% new French oak. The 2022 was the valley's latest harvest on record — an April frost pushed budbreak back, and extended cool hang time through October produced the kind of mineral precision and saline acidity that Jean-Nicolas Méo compares to the southern Côte de Beaune. Decanter 95 pts. Wine Anorak 95 pts. PAIRINGS : Roast chicken with herbs and pan jus the wine's toasted grain and orchard fruit anchors in savory poultry fat Dungeness crab with drawn butter and lemon the saline mineral throughline amplifies the briny sweetness Seared scallops with cauliflower purée texture and subtle oak match the cream and char

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