92pts Wine Enthusiast

This harmonious and well-balanced wine opens with light butter, toast and Bartlett pear aromas, then fills the mouth with rich pear and peach flavors accented by vanilla. A full body is nicely paired with good acidity, so the wine works fine as a cocktail or with lunch and dinner.

92pts Wine Spectator

Everything here fits together seamlessly, with pineapple, lemon curd and peach flavors backed by bright acidity, plus savory overtones of toasted, salted almond and a hint of candied ginger. There's plenty of intensity on the fresh finish, where the flavors crescendo. Drink now. 

91pts Jeb Dunnuck

A bright straw yellow color, the 2021 Chardonnay Sonoma Coast is forward and ripe in the glass, with oak-inflected spiced notes of baked apple, toasted baking spice, and honeyed citrus. Medium-bodied, it keeps nice tension on the palate, with a vibrant but ripe spine of acidity and a rounded, medium to full-bodied feel that wraps it. It has a mouthwatering feel and a nice flourish of decadence. Drink now or over the next 4-5 years. 8913 cases produced.

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

The 2021 Chardonnay Sonoma Coast is scented of cedar, red apples, jasmine and spring butter. The palate is creamy and mouth coating, its gently honeyed flavors enlivened by refreshing acidity, and it has a nutty finish.

Winemaker Notes

The 2021 offering is a collection of eighteen single-vineyard quality sites that could all be bottled as single source bottlings; five blocks of Dutton Ranch, various blocks of Sanchietti Vineyard, Gap’s Crown Vineyard, Zio Tony Ranch, Parmelee-Hill Vineyard, and Durell Vineyard. The wine has inviting aromas of summer melon, marzipan, fennel, lemon drop candy, and fresh peach. Toasted almond-toffee and clove round out the refreshing acidity on the finish giving the wine great poise, balance, and energy.

Winery Notes

Patz and Hall Wine Company was founded in 1988 by Donald Patz, James Hall, Anne Moses and Heather Patz, and is dedicated to the production of hand-crafted wines. The four are long-time Napa Valley residents and wine industry professionals, with a wide variety of experiences. Patz and Hall produces Chardonnay and Pinot Noir wines from selected vineyard sources in Napa, Sonoma, Mendocino and Monterey counties. The Patz and Hall method is to work closely with each of their growers to achieve a unique expression of the vineyard site and deliver wines that reflect both the site and their vision for great wine.