Varner 2005 Bee Block Vineyard Chardonnay

Varner is a great new boutique Chardonnay producer in California's Santa Cruz Mountains. Try this before it sells out!

The Varner 2005 Bee Block Vineyard Chardonnay comes from 23 year-old vines in a two acre, bowl-shaped, southeast-facing slope, 715 to 760 ft. elevation from bottom rows to top planted on its own roots with an old California clone 40% New French Oak.  Lemony citrus notes, sublte smoke, crisp, delineated style, mineral finish. Only 338 cases produced.

94 Points Robert Parker: "Playing it closer to the vest, the 2005 Chardonnay Bee Block shows notes of crushed rock, white currants, flowers, sweet corn, dried pit fruits, and some honeyed apricot. The wine is rich, very dry, but full-bodied with a slightly austere mineral-laced finish. It should drink nicely for 7-8 years. "