2016 Paul Lato Chardonnay East of Eden Pisoni Vineyard
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Coming from a terrific site located at the southern end of the Santa Lucia Highlands, the 2016 Chardonnay East of Eden Pisoni Vineyard boasts phenomenal notes of ripe citrus and white peach fruits, white flowers, and freshly crushed rocks. It's clean, incredibly pure, and elegant on the palate, with a level of tension and vibrancy you don't find too often in the vintage. I followed this bottle for two days and it only improved with air. It's a brilliant Chardonnay from Lato that’s going to benefit from a year or two of bottle age and age gracefully for a decade or more. Don’t miss it!
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Antonio Galloni, Vinous
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The 2016 Chardonnay East of Eden Pisoni Vineyard is gorgeous. It is also the most open-knit of Paul Lato's 2016 Chardonnays. Lemon confit, orchard fruit, white flowers and a touch of new French oak emerge in a supple, inviting Chardonnay full of allure.
The 2016 Chardonnay East Of Eden Pisoni Vineyard reveals notes of lemon, lime cordial and citrus blossom, followed by a full-bodied, rich palate that’s a bit more angular and powerful than the three other Chardonnays but misses some of their intensity and cut, though it concludes with an intriguingly saline finish.