#43 James Suckling Top 100 Wines of the World 2025

99pts James Suckling

Dill, limes, green ginger and crushed stones on the nose. The palate is extreme, marked by intense mineral tension, pronounced salinity and a delicious severity that sets this wine apart from even the greatest chardonnays of the world. Incredibly fresh and mouthwatering. Spectacular.

97pts Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

The 2023 Adrianna Vineyard Chardonnay White Bones leads with its quintessentially lifted, vibrant bouquet of citrus rinds, dried spices, white flowers and fresh herbs, continuously developing additional complexity from its biological aging under flor. The palate combines live-wire focus with ethereal richness and a gently creamy core that runs through its mouthwatering and mineral-drenched finish. A fantastic iteration of the exotic, precise profile readers have come to expect from this pioneering Gualtallary Chardonnay reference point.

97pts Jeb Dunnuck

One for the ages from an ageworthy vintage, the 2023 Chardonnay Adrianna Vineyard White Bones is textured, layered, and herbaceous, as all the White Bones wines are. Native thyme accents a medium-bodied, persistently fresh character of lemon crisp that’s complex and lengthy. The oak is well-integrated already, adding to the balanced structure and mouthfeel.

95pts Wine Spectator

There’s personality and energy to this white that just won't quit. Opens with aromatically engaging notes of sage, river mint and lime zest that meld seamlessly into a core of green mango, finger lime and passion fruit. The body shows a certain silky richness, yet without the typical weighty lees or oak flavors, and instead builds intensity around tense minerality. Picks up a hint of pickled ginger on the lengthy, expressive finish.

Winemaker Notes

The soil is layered with fossilized animal bones— remnants from a river that used to pass through the region. Lively citrus notes and white stone fruit on the nose. Voluptuous, intense flavors of pear, apple, and subtle floral and mineral hints.