Domaine Drouhin Roserock Chardonnay 2017 (750ML)

93 Points, James Suckling, jamessuckling.com: "This has a very convincing core of stony, minerally elements with bright, yellow citrus fruit that leads to a palate that has a stony, dense and fresh feel. Good weight and texture, wrapping tight and dry. Drink or hold." 04/19

90 Points, Tim Fish, Wine Specator: "Delicately spirited, with lively apple, pear and spice flavors that build toward a polished finish." Web Only 2019

92+ Points, John Gilman, View from the Cellar: "The 2017 Rose Rock Chardonnay is a fine young bottle in the making, with the cooler microclimate of this section of the Willamette Valley providing a lovely girdle of acidity on which the wine will age. The bouquet offers up a youthfully complex nose of pear, a touch of fresh pineapple, lovely soil tones, acacia blossoms, lemon zest and a refined foundation of vanillin oak. On the palate the wine is bright, zesty and full-bodied, with a fine core, lovey mineral drive and cut, vibrant acids and a long, nascently complex finish. Though the terroirs are not similar, this shares an aesthetic sensibility with the Drouhins’ Beaune “Clos des Mouches” Blanc and should be a gorgeous bottle with a few years in the cellar. 2022-2045+."