Winemaker Notes

Russian River Ranches is beautifully focused on the palate with flavors of crisp, zesty lemon, green apple, lime and barrel spice. The wine rounds out with our signature citrus acidity and a nicely balanced long, flavorful finish.

This Sonoma Coast Chardonnay is a rich, medium straw color. You are greeted with stone fruit aromas of white peach and nectarine, oak spice with hints of clove, toasted nuts, a touch of caramel, and light honeydew. The creamy richness of this medium-bodied wine boasts ripe pear and Golden Delicious apple. This wine is a classic, elegantly structured Chardonnay with lots of finesse and focused balance from start to finish. You will find Sonoma-Cutrer's signature bright acidity with nice length and a soft mid-palate that rounds out to a pleasant, long finish of lingering barrel spice.

A beautiful pale straw color with a slight green hue, this 42nd consecutive vintage of Russian River Ranches shows phenomenal consistency of flavor. Known for being a fruit-forward wine, the aromas in this vintage offer lemon and lime zest with added complexity of toasted almonds, white pepper, and a hint of white flowers. Fruit flavors shine through with crisp, zesty Meyer lemon, notes of green melon, Bosc pear and minerality with a nice barrel spice finish. A long, tightly focused palate with a light mid-palate creaminess offers bright acidity balanced with a long juicy, elegant finish.

Winery Notes

For more than 37 years, Sonoma-Cutrer has earned a reputation of craftsmanship by steadfastly choosing quality over quantity. The winery is known for crafting world-class expressions of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir by marrying traditional Burgundian winemaking methods with their own California innovation. Few wine producers in the world have such a singular focus and commitment to growing, crafting, and marketing their wines. This is evident as Sonoma-Cutrer has been named the #1 Most Requested Chardonnay 24 out of 29 years by the Wine & Spirits Magazine.