2021 Radio-Coteau Chardonnay Savoy

Savory and ripe, there’s a more rounded feel to the 2021 Chardonnay Savoy. It pours a medium yellow and reveals aromas of fresh herbs, umami with seaweed, and fresh white flowers. Full-bodied, with a supple texture and notes of ripe pear, green melon, and banana rind, it’s savory and has balanced richness. Drink it over the next ten years. Eric Sussman began Radio-Coteau in 2002, focusing on cool-climate sites along the north Sonoma Coast and the Anderson Valley in Mendocino. Eric purchased the current winery home in 2012, and they currently have 22 acres under vine across from the Charles Heintz Vineyard as well as six acres of apples from which they produce a hard cider. Marking their 22nd vintage, they are currently producing biodynamically farmed Chardonnay, Riesling, Pinot Noir, Syrah, and Zinfandel and have been Demeter certified since 2018. Eric spent several vintages in France prior to coming to California, working for Baron Philippe de Rothschild in Bordeaux, as well as Domaine Comte Armand and Domaine Jacques Prieur in Burgundy, and his wines certainly carry an Old World sensibility. All the wines undergo native fermentations and are bottled and racked in-house without fining or filtration.