with their focus on bright
for any given Friday night with friends
expressive
Francesco Giuntini ran Selvapiana for four decades
famous for his elegantly handled Cannonau and Vermentino
Crowley Four Winds Vineyard Chardonnay Helen 2024 turbiana with their focus on brightTyson Crowley makes this one with the Four Winds Draper Clone Chardonnay, same as Eyrie's early Chardonnay, a higher acid sort and low yielding. He makes the wine in a reductive style, leaving it more or less alone during fermentation. It's the linear, mineral cut, acid forward of the two. Flinty reduction, salt, green apple, pear blossoms, hints of strawberry and lime, tension filled nose. The palate is pure tension and intensity key limes, orange,