94pts Jeb Dunnuck

Pouring a youthful medium yellow with green tinges, the 2024 Chardonnay Sonoma Coast is vibrant and refreshing and has fabulous vibrancy (as it always does), with notes of lime zest, lemon verbena, green apples, white pineapple, and salinity. It has almost a margarita-like appeal. Medium-bodied, it offers refreshing linear tension without sacrificing concentration. With exuberant energy as well as terrific balance, it has a lot to offer over the coming 15 years.

94pts Wine Spectator

Appealing for its focus and precision, with crunchy star fruit, lemon sorbet and Cosmic Crisp apple flavors. Freshly grated ginger, celery salt and oregano notes are fragrant and add an appealing savory detail on a firm, juicy and energetic frame, with plenty of torque on the long finish.

93pts James Suckling

This full-bodied wine is packed with ripe orchard-fruit flavors backed by good, vibrant acidity. Nicely balanced. Layers of poached pears and golden apples are accented by lemons, butter and vanilla bean. 

93pts Wine Advocate

The 2024 Chardonnay Sonoma Coast comes from the Martinelli family’s Charles Ranch, where the vines were planted in 1982 at 1,115 feet in elevation and just three miles from the Pacific Ocean. Matured for 12 months in 10% new French oak barrels, it has inviting scents of red apple, white peach, panna cotta, pie crust and spice. The full-bodied palate has a satiny texture and expansive, savory flavors. A bright spine of acidity adds tension, and it has a long, energetic finish.

Winemaker's Notes

Notes of Honeycrisp apple and poached pear alongside aromas of preserved lemon and crushed oyster shell. It has a bright and seamless entry that gives way to extraordinary tension, and a hint of brioche. In the glass, orange blossoms and white tea aromas emerge, beautifully delicate but persistent. The fruit is pure and restrained, framed by a spine of acidity, and a beautifully textured palate. 

Seared scallops would be a perfect pairing.

About the Winery

Ramey Wine Cellars directly influenced 21st century winemaking and set a new standard for what California could achieve. Success in launching the family’s namesake winery was not preordained. Starting from humble origins, through intellectual leadership and hands-on experience, Ramey has risen to be considered one of the iconic wineries of California.