Flowers Chardonnay 2016

The 2016 Flowers is once again a beautifully balanced and stylish chardonnay. It's the antithesis of criminally vulgar. Ridges above the Sonoma Coast are the home for some of California's finest chardonnay fruit, left to become exactly what needs and should, especially out of the hands of winemaker Dave Keatley. The vintage is a wealthy one, bright and effusive, heart-stopping tart and taut, with bitters not even a gleam in young Dave's eye. The linger and length are simply outstanding. Drink: 2019-2025. Score - 94. (Michael Godel, winealign.com, June 1, 2018)