Kendall Jackson - Vintners Reserve - Chardonnay - 750ml

America's #1 selling Chardonnay for 30 years and counting! It's no wonder Vintner's Reserve Chardonnay is our most popular release. Handcrafted in small vineyard lots throughout the entire winemaking process, our grapes are from California’s cool, coastal growing regions. Vintner's Reserve Chardonnay is fruit-forward, divinely complex, approachable and exceptionally food-friendly.

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2020 Vintage

91 points, Jim Gordon, Wine Enthusiast, April 2022

This medium-bodied, barrel-fermented wine offers light, toasted oak aromas, attractive baked apple flavors and accents of butter and vanilla. Good balance keeps it going sip after sip, revealing spice and almond nuances.

WINEMAKING

Crafted in small vineyard lots throughout the entire winemaking process. Whole cluster pressed to retain the fresh fruit qualities without the bitterness from stems and seeds. Fermented and aged in French and American oak barrels for richness, toastiness and complexity. Sur lie aging with monthly battonage (lees stirring) for our signature velvety texture and creamy flavor.

Aged 7 months in French (5% new) and American oak (7% new). Barrel fermented and sure lie: 92%

APPELLATION - California

COMPOSITION - 100% Chardonnay

T.A. - 0.69g/100ml

PH - 3.41

ALC % - 13.5%