Chanin's 2016 Chardonnay Los Alamos Vineyard (17 months in 15% new French oak) gives up a perfumed, slightly tropical bouquet of pineapple and melon, with more spice and toasty notes coming through with time in the glass. This is a classic Chanin wine and a great introduction into the estate. It offers plenty of richness, yet a more vibrant, fresh, clean style, and should keep for 4-6 years.
92 points, Jeb Dunnuck (Oct 2018)
The 2016 Chardonnay Los Alamos Vineyard is gorgeous. Polished, nuanced and super-expressive, the Los Alamos is all class. Apricot, peach, smoke, chamomile and lightly buttery notes are all finely knit in this super-expressive and inviting Chardonnay from Gavin Chanin.
92 points, Antonio Galloni, Vinous (Sep 2018)
Chanin's 2016 Chardonnay Los Alamos Vineyard opens in the glass with a youthfully reserved nose of buttered citrus, apples, flowers and fresh nuts. On the palate, the wine is glossy, rich and quite lees influenced, with good concentration and depth and a moderately long finish.
91 points, William Kelley, Wine Advocate (Issue # 236 - Apr 2018)
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