TASTING NOTES
"Beautifully integrated tropical flavors such as pineapple, mango, and papaya with citrus notes that explode in your mouth. These flavors delicately intertwine with aromas of vanilla and honey to create depth and balance throughout. A hint of toasted oak rounds out the long, lingering finish." - Randy Ullom, Winemaster
ACCLAIM
90 points, Nicholas Ponomareff, California Grapevine, Feb/March 2011
"…Medium-light golden yellow color; attractive, initially restrained, baked apple aroma with hints of tangerine and butterscotch; medium-full body; forward, plush, toasty, citrus and baked apple flavors with a creamy mouthfeel and a trace of vanilla; lingering aftertaste. Shows distinct varietal character in an easy to drink style and very reasonably priced. Very highly recommended."
89 points, Robert Parker Jr., Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, Feb 2011
"Abundant aromas of white peach, honeysuckle, green apple skins and a hint of tropical fruits jump from the glass of this medium-bodied, crisp, dry, fruity, well-made Chardonnay. It is a sensational bargain. Kendall-Jackson enjoys a well-deserved reputation for over-delivering quality vis à vis price for its wines."
A FAMILY LEGACY
By Jess Jackson
Being a family-owned winery absolutely affects our winemaking. It affords us the luxury to take the long view. We can take risks and grow our grapes in mountain and hillside vineyards- even though it is more difficult for both the farmer and the vine. But grapes grown on mountains have more character and more flavor—and that’s why we grow them there.
As a family-run business, we can put the long-term interests of future generations above short-term financial gains. Our success will be measured by generations of family, rather than by numbers on quarterly reports. We can't just be thinking about today, or tomorrow, or this quarter, or this year. We have to take the long view—100, 200 years—and think of future generations and the environment in which they'll live.
There are some special places where you just want to be, to live. And among those places are the coastal maritime, cool hills and mountains of the California coast. I’m at peace and spiritually satisfied when I'm in the mountains and hills and benches of California—the very places where the best grapes thrive. The land gives us what we need. It gives us our shelter, our food, our clean air—all of the things we need, except for one: family.
Citrus-kissed flavors such as mango, papaya and pineapple explode on the palate. Aromas of vanilla and honey intertwine to create depth and balance throughout.
