2015 Westside Farms Vineyard Chardonnay
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2015 Westside Farms, Chardonnay, Russian River Valley £48 RRP imported by Fields Morris & Verdin 14.5% Quite a hot year. Light nose and a sweeter start than most. Sinewy structure without the intensity of the 2016. Correct and fresh but just a little wan. 16.5 18-26 (JR)
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Jancis Robinson MW
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From the Russian River Valley in Sonoma, the 2015 Chardonnay Westside Farms Vineyard is a tiny production cuvée (234 cases) and offers beautiful notes of orchard fruits, spice, and white flowers. It’s classic Russian River with its ripe, powerful, sexy profile, yet like all of Ramey’s wines, has beautiful purity. It will keep for a decade or more.
The 2015 Chardonnay Westside Farms Vineyard opens with quite a chalky nose over a core of grapefruit, lime blossoms and apricots with touches of honeycomb, cassia and toasted almonds. Medium to full-bodied, the palate delivers both opulence and restraint with alluring honeyed stone fruit contrasted by great tension and minerality, finishing long and layered.
The 2015 Chardonnay Westside Farms Vineyard stands out in this range for its layers of flavor and nuance. Lemon peel, white flowers, mint and chamomile all develop in the glass. In this tasting, the Westside Farms is translucent, expressive and all class. I very much like the elegance and finesse here.