On the nose: Explosion of salted caramel, gingerbread, cedar, licorice, butterscotch, canned pineapples, apricots, orange blossoms

On the palate: Round entrance evolving on grapefruit, quince, star fruit, honey, white chocolate lingering on toasted brioche, graphite

Blend: 100% Chardonnay

Fermentation: 50% barrel fermented, sur lies

Aging: 10 months, 100% French oak; 45% new, 55% 1-year-old barrels