When young, it is pale gold in color with green highlights. As it ages, the color shifts towards yellow or amber. The bouquet, delicate in the extreme, features buttery notes of baked apple, citrus fruits, pineapple, lime, bracken, juniper, cinnamon, and flint. Honeyed notes are frequently present. The older vintages reveal leather and truffle. Both the glass and the palate are filled with its powerful exhalations. It is an astonishing demonstration of what the Chardonnay grape is capable of in terms of richness, power, concentration, distinction and balance. Handpicked harvest. Traditional fermentation in oak barrels (25-30% new casks). Maturation during 14-16 months in cellar for ageing, stored in barrels. 100% Chardonnay