WTN: Old Vines…sat on their park bench like bookends

[David M. Bueker]

• 2021 Enfield Wine Co. Chardonnay Old Vines Haynes Vineyard - USA, California, Napa Valley, Coombsville (10/22/2024)
  Peach infused mineral water with a lemon zest twist. Refreshing, engaging and mouthwatering.

[Jenise]

Love the title. But I don't especially like peaches in my chardonnay, I'm having a hard time picturing this.

[David M. Bueker]

The peach was surprising. Not usually a feature of that wine. Maybe a riper vintage. I’m not sure.

[Jenise]

Peach is something I associate with grapes like marsanne and godello, not chardonnay. But the thickest zinfandel I've ever had in my life came from Haynes, so maybe that's it.

[David M. Bueker]

Zin? That sounds like Hayne Vineyard, rather than Haynes.

Haynes is a Syrah, Pinot, Chard site.

Hayne has Zin and Petite Sirah.

[Jenise]

Ah...merci! I've never grokked that there are two similarly-named.

[David M. Bueker]

It confused the heck out of me for a while.

[David M. Bueker]

• 2021 Enfield Wine Co. Chardonnay Old Vines Haynes Vineyard - USA, California, Napa Valley, Coombsville (8/7/2025)
  This really is a look at old vine Chardonnay, unadorned. Refreshing, zesty mouthfeel, and lots of fresh tree fruit tones make this easy to drink. When I force myself to linger (but I want that next sip, I really want it!) I get more of a sense of the underlying acidic structure, and how solid the base of this wine really is. Sad that John can't make this anymore, but glad to have had it.

I associate white peach flavors with Riesling, along with citrus-y flavors and of course the frequently encountered tetrahydronaphthalene.... err... "petrol."

[David M. Bueker]

I have often found white peach notes in Chardonnay. Of course my “white peach” may be your “jonagold apple.”