2016 ROAR Chardonnay Soberanes Vineyard

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Score 94/100 · Drink 2018-2026, Jeb Dunnuck, Feb 2019

The 2016 Chardonnay Soberanes Vineyard offers a distinct salinity as well as beautiful white flowers and citrus fruits. Clean, pure, medium-bodied, and elegant, it shows tons of spicy characteristics (as well as that salty minerality) with additional time in the glass. It too will keep for at least 7-8 years.

Critic scores

Critic scores
94
94/100

Average Score

95
94-96/100

Jeb Dunnuck

94
94/100

Jeb Dunnuck

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94 points
Josh Raynolds
Score 94/100 · Drink 2020-2025, Josh Raynolds, Oct 2018

Transparent yellow-gold. Potent scents of orange, pear nectar, smoky minerals and white flowers carry a spicy ginger overtone. Juicy, tightly focused and energetic on the palate, offering intense, mineral-laced citrus and orchard fruit flavors that are complicated by chamomile and buttered toast flourishes. Shows impressive thrust and clarity on the finish, which clings with strong, mineral-dominated tenacity.

92 points
Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW, Wine Advocate
Score 92/100 · Drink 2018-2022, Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW, Wine Advocate, Jul 2018

The 2016 Chardonnay Soberanes Vineyard delivers invigorating grapefruit, pineapple and nectarine scents with suggestions of clotted cream, chalk dust and fresh ginger. Medium to full-bodied, the palate offers a great intensity of citrus and tropical layers with a lively backbone and mineral-laced finish.

94 - 96 points
Jeb Dunnuck
Score 94-96/100 · Jeb Dunnuck, Oct 2017

A step up over its 2015 counterpart, the 2016 Chardonnay Soberanes Vineyard is pure and fresh, with hints of sautéed peach, orange blossom, and flowers in a ripe, yet pure, elegant style. Coming from a terrific site in the heart of the Santa Lucia Highlands and still aging in French oak, it’s up with the finest whites I’ve tasted from this estate.

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