2023 Kongsgaard The Judge Chardonnay, Napa Valley, USA (750ml) Bolgheri and Marin County

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The wine shows youth

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All of the tawnies come with bar top corks here

sprinting out of the gate with well-formed notes of tangerine

2023 Kongsgaard The Judge Chardonnay, Napa Valley, USA (750ml) Bolgheri and Marin CountyWINEMAKER'S NOTES: From the 6 acre original planting with some vines going back to the 1970s, this gnarly old vineyard miraculously gives us, year in year out, a wine completely unique in the world and offers proof of the French adage that the greatest vineyards are not subject to much vintage variation. Its like a riddle: how can a wine be so sublimely subtle and so unbelievably intense at the same time? The Judge (Johns father and the wines