Chalk Hill Vineyards & Winery

Chalk Hill AVA (Sonoma County). A blend of 84% Sauvignon Blanc, 10% Sauvignon Gris and 6% Sauvignon Musque. Great acidity and layered flavours of melon, pineapple, guava, wet stone, and lime.

Chalk Hill has established itself as one of the premier Chardonnay producers in CA. It offering is a newer release, meant to highlight a bright, fresh, crisp, expressive style without any heavy oak.

89 PTS CONNOISSEURS' GUIDE. The '05 Chalk Hill Cabernet is young, dense and cherryish in scent with fleeting hints of dried herbs and pepper off to the side.

88 PTS ROBERT PARKER JR. The '04 Chalk Hill Cabernet has an attractive bouquet of blueberries, blackberries, cherries, licorice, smoke and earth; medium-bodied, elegant wine; drink now.

94 PTS, EDITORS' CHOICE, WINE ENTHUSIAST. The '03 Chalk Hill Cabernet is extraordinarily balanced and beautiful, a dry, ripe wine of power and full-bodied substance, but enormous subtlety.

87 PTS WILFRED WONG. A Tight, complex, serious effort, the '01 Chalk Hill Cabernet plays with elements beyond simple get-in-the-bottle attitude; rich, tannic, and filled with black fruit flavors.

88 PTS CONNOISSEURS' GUIDE. The '03 Chalk Hill Merlot is for fans of weighty, fully ripened red wines; lots of extracted, black cherry fruit, generous oak and involving complexity.

88 PTS WINE SPECTATOR. The '01 Chalk Hill Cabernet is intensely flavored, with ripe black cherry, fresh earth, spice and cedary flavors that come together nicely; tannins are ripe and firm.

The Chalk Hill Chardonnay is exotic and ultra-rich; firm and well built on the palate, with a core of apple and creamy flavors.

14.2% ABV.

Russian River. Dense-purple color and sweet toasty oak intermixed with licorice, black- berry, cassis and graphite. 15.5% ABV.

14.5% ABV.