Au Bon Climat Bien Nacido Chardonnay

The palate is precise, tense, and quietly powerful, opening with lemon zest, white peach, and green apple lifted by bright, driving acidity that gives the wine its signature Bien Nacido edge. Texture is silky yet tightly coiled, with subtle creamy notes from oak that add shape without softening the line. The mid‑palate shows grapefruit pith, almond, light brioche, and a flinty‑smoky mineral thread, bringing savoury depth beneath the citrus‑stone fruit. The finish is long, focused, and mineral, leaving citrus peel, peach skin, crushed stone, and a delicate nutty‑flinty echo.