Hanzell Sebella Chardonnay 2012

Sebella Chardonnay has the minerality with the freshness of young Chardonnay fruit aromas. Gorgeous floral aromas of jasmine, honeysuckle, and citrus blossoms give way to scents of apple skin, lemon verbena, tangerine, and cake batter. The flavors of green apple, Meyer lemon, and wet stone minerality are long and true to the nose. The bright acidity belies the richness on the palate and gives striking purity to the flavors.

For over fifty years, Hanzell Vineyards has grown, produced and bottled Chardonnay and Pinot Noir, which have the unique distinction of being produced solely from their estate-grown fruit since 1961. These wines have been made by people, both past and present, who all have given the best of themselves to realize this shared dream "To produce wine equal to the finest in the world." Grown with the same exacting standards as all of Hanzell's estate vineyards, Sebella Chardonnay is a different stylistic interpretation with the inclusion of younger fruit, stainless-steel fermentation, and is aged in older, more neutral French oak barrels.