Talley "Estate" San Luis Obispo Coast Chardonnay 2024

Vin Chicago: 93 Points

(9/2026) So jaw-droppingly good that we went back twice to ensure we weren't tasting a premium single-vineyard bottling! Hosting enough classic Cali Chardonnay characteristics that you wouldn't question its origin, but with definitive terroir of seaside shale soils stamping its personality, that there's energy and allure for everyone. Its notes of toasted hazelnut, grilled white peach, lemon curd, tarragon, orange zest, macadamia oil and honeycrisp apple are infectious. Texturally its idealized - rich & ripe yet vibrantly alive, what a way to mark 40 years of greatness in Arroyo Grande for the Talley family!