- Certified Organic
- 100% Chardonnay
- Peay Estate Vineyard (West Sonoma Coast AVA)
- Silty marine sedimentary soil
- Clones: 56% Mt. Eden, 44% Hyde/Old Wente
- Native yeast fermentation
- 100% malolactic fermentation
- 100% barrel fermentation
- Aged on lees for 11 months in 23% new French oak barrels
- 154 cases produced
- 13.8% abv
Info
Producer:
Vintage:
2023
Country:
United States
Region:
California
Appellation:
West Sonoma Coast
Variety:
Chardonnay
Color:
White
Sizes Available
| Full Bottle | US-PAY-33-23 | 12/750ml |
Resources
Press & Reviews
Wine Advocate
Score
95
Date
2025-08-07
"The Richardson Vineyard Chardonnay is a brand-new wine from Peay. At the urging of Peay and other wineries, the Richardson family (who were originally in the timber and sheep businesses) planted grape vines in the mid-2010s. 'We helped plant our own budwood," Andy Peay recalls. In previous years, Chardonnay and Pinot Noir grapes from the vineyard were blended into the Sonoma Coast appellation wines. 'This year, it was a really singular expression," Andy notes of the 2023 vintage. 'So, we will have this moving forward." The 2023 Chardonnay Richardson Vineyard has open-knit aromas of peach, apricot, panna cotta, graham cracker and honey. The medium-bodied palate is satiny and mouth coating with intense, honeyed flavors, and it reveals additional layers of tropical fruit and floral perfume as it warms in the glass. Its richness is foiled by energetic acidity, and it has a very long finish. Although this site is slightly warmer than Peay Vineyards, Winemaker Vanessa Wong notes, 'It,s really important to me to express terroir.""