Crowley 2024 Phoebe Chardonnay, Four Winds Vineyard, McMinnville May There’s top grade Okayama rice

There’s top grade Okayama rice but the unique character is generated by the Shizuoka yeast numbered 5MT14 which can ferment even in this low mineral environment

This is lip-smacking good

this wine comes across as “serious

Pretty nose with blue fruit and a tough of cinnamon and cardamon

and forest floor

Crowley 2024 Phoebe Chardonnay, Four Winds Vineyard, McMinnville May There’s top grade Okayama rice$59. 99 bottle $329. 94($54. 99) six pack The first of two utterly distinct wines from own rooted, old vine Wente clone chardonnay picked at true, rich ripeness, teases with an almost opulent texture (for Oregon that is). Tyson uses a slightly more oxidative than reductive approach to the Phoebe so this wines is up front and expressive from start. Honey, ginger, lemon curd, and lemon blossom. Silky smooth with lees tinged fruit integrate with