2020 Tolpuddle Chardonnay

This 2020 Chardonnay doesn't have the unbridled rawness of the 2018 or 2019, but it does retain the pure core of fruit and acidity. Each component of this wine is interwoven with the others, resulting in a natural glide across the tongue. The phenolics of this wine are most attractive to me—a return to the glorious open weave texture of the sublime 2013 vintage, which allows you to sort of sink your teeth in and move the wine around in the mouth after it's gone. Pronounced curry leaf and brine characters are here, along with preserved lemon and salinity. I love this painful little wine—it is salty and moreish, and it stings... almost. Pleasurable to the max.