Violin Wines Chardonnay Willamette Valley 2022

$27.99 on 6+ (code 6saves2) 91pts VinousThe 2022 Chardonnay Willamette Valley is perfumed in the glass, revealing a sweetly floral blend of chamomile, Asian pear and white flowers. This is a soft and round effort with ripe orchard fruits and a sensation of liquid stone, giving way to an air of sage toward the close. It finishes youthfully tense, with a bitter lemon-rind tinge and crunchy minerals that linger on. Drinking Window: 2024 - 2030 - By Eric Guido on May 2024 The 2022s from Will Hamilton at Violin show just how special this vintage can be from the right sources and in the right hands. In this case, fruit sourced from vineyards that avoided any damage from the spring frost. Together with lower yields and picking earlier for freshness, 2022 resulted in a savory set of well-structured and complex wines. Hamilton didn’t have to contend with secondary buds due to frost, or the issue of overabundance that plagued some wineries; he had all of his fruit in before the threat