Chamisal Vineyards San Luis Obispo County Chardonnay 2023

Written By Campbell Mattinson
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Chamisal Vineyards San Luis Obispo County Chardonnay 2023
13% alcohol, screwcap, Edna Valley/California.

Chamisal – established 35 years ago – was the first vineyard planted in the Edna Valley, 9km from the Pacific Ocean. This was one of the first chardonnays on my trip to California that really made me sit up a bit straighter. It was also one of the best balanced, and measured, and restrained, the latter in the best of ways. It’s a chalky chardonnay with citrus, pure stonefruits, flint and  meal notes. It feels direct and textural; it’s an essential style of Chardonnay, saline edged. Excellent. 93-94 points.

Chamisal Vineyards is an outstanding producer from what I saw.

Campbell Mattinson

Campbell Mattinson has been an independent journalist, wine critic and photographer for forty years. He founded The Winefront, is a former chief editor of the Halliday Wine Companion (and former editor of Halliday magazine), and is the only Australian to have won the Australian Wine Communicator of the Year Award more than once. He is 100% independent, and tastes between 5,000 and 10,000 wines each year, blind and in comparative brackets as often as is practicable.

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