2021 Knight’s Challenge Chardonnay

This is an enticing Chardonnay with aromas of butterscotch, peach cobbler, melon, and white nectarine. The palate is vibrant and textural, displaying golden delicious, vanilla bean and toasted almond flavours, backed by a saline finish.

Vintage
2021
Vineyard
Sunset Vineyard, Black Sage Bench
Aromas & Texture
Stonefruit + Enticing
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CheckMate Artisinal Winery Knight's Challenge Chardonnay

Sunset Vineyard

Situated south of Jagged Rock Vineyard and perfectly aligned with a gap in the range across the valley, this vineyard basks in the sun late into the evening. Thirty years ago, we planted Dijon clones 76 & 95 on soils formed by glacial meltwaters. 

The vines grow in gravelly sand, and the site slopes to the southwest. This warm exposure and highly porous soils produce classic Chardonnay that exudes character. 

The wine displays with a distinct golden hue in the glass and delivers aromas of butterscotch and peach. On the palate, there are flavours of apple, vanilla and spice with a long finish.

95 points, John Schreiner

It opens with peach blossoms, vanilla beans, some barrel sweetness, and a light dusting of sagebrush and spice. The palate is similar with honeyed melon fruit, almonds, and like last year, with a cleansing saline note at the finish. It is a wine for chardonnay enthusiasts with a taste for the exotic.

93 points, Anthony Gismondi

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