- BrandMarcassin
- RegionSonoma
- TypeWhite Wine
- Size750ml
- SKU 210000048169
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Professional Ratings
Wine Spectator
“Generous and full-bodied but shows plenty of elegance. Highly detailed, with toasted and salted hazelnut, panna cotta, and spice notes of green cardamom and star anise complementing the lemon curd, tangerine and caramel apple flavors, along with whiffs of fenugreek and wild fennel pollen. A fresh thread of acidity leads to buttery, toasted brioche details on the long finish. Drink now through 2038.”
Marcassin Estate Marcassin Vineyard Chardonnay 2021
Marcassin is a leading Sonoma Coast wine label owned by famous winemaker Helen Turley and her viticulturalist husband John Wetlaufer. Turley is one of the most influential winemakers in California, and has acted as a consultant for many of the region's top estates, including Pahlmeyer and Peter Michael Winery.
The estate is regarded as a benchmark producer of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay, and the wines are known for their rich opulent style and ageworthiness. A majority of the wines produced by Marcassin are exclusively released to members of the mailing list.
In the winery, Chardonnay is pressed in whole bunches, while the Pinot Noir is destemmed and cold-soaked prior to fermentation with wild yeasts. Aging takes place in new French oak with no fining, filtering or cold stablization prior to bottling. The wines are then aged further in the cellar for around five years before release.
Sonoma Coast is one of the largest AVAs in Sonoma, California. It covers some 500,000 acres (200,000ha) of land altogether, although only a tiny portion of this is planted to vine.