Lingua Franca, Avni Chardonnay Vintage:2019 Delicate and magnificently subtle

Delicate and magnificently subtle

the wine is full-bodied

The 1999 Pichon-Baron now has better precision and focus than the 1998

and this will be the only year in which there will be two releases of the wine in the same calendar year

but when I first tasted it some 16 months ago

Lingua Franca, Avni Chardonnay Vintage:2019 Delicate and magnificently subtleFull bottle 1,345 g. Entry level blend sourced 60% from the volcanic soils of Eola Amity Hills including Bunker Hill vineyard, 32% from Van Duzer Corridor and 8% from Chehalem. A rather humid growing season and vintage. Broad and spicy with excellent acidity but perhaps not that much depth. Lots to chew on on the end. A certain lemon cough drop quality to this. Still quite chewy on the end, which comes a little suddenly.