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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: 95 points
“The 2020 Chardonnay Sanford & Benedict Vineyard has soft scents of panna cotta, Meyer lemon, crushed almonds and beeswax, with additional nuances emerging as it spends time in the glass. Medium-bodied and silky with bright bursts of acidity, it features creamy citrus fruits and a touch of texture that draws out the finish. Drink Date: 2022 – 2027� – Erin Brooks
Review Date: December 2022
Vinous: 95 points
“The 2020 Chardonnay Sanford & Benedict Vineyard emerges from the original parcel of own-rooted vines planted in 1971. Crushed rocks, sage, mint, citrus and white flowers lend nuance to a bright, airy Chardonnay that is all understatement. The 2020 is not an obvious wine, but for readers who enjoy subtlety an nuance, this is very hard to beat. Drinking window: 2022 – 2028� – Antonio Galloni
Review Date: June 2022
Wine Enthusiast: 95 points
“Soft nectarine and elegant yellow apple aromas are sprinkled with salt, lime zest and chalk on the nose of this bottling. It's lively and lemony on the palate, where a tense structure and energetic acidity deliver refreshing stone fruit flavors before a nuttier finish.� – Matt Kettmann
Review Date: September 2022
Jeb Dunnuck: 95 points
“Coming from one of the top sites in the Sta. Rita Hills, the 2020 Chardonnay Sanford & Benedict Vineyard spent 15 months in 20% new French oak. A brilliant effort, it reveals pure, crisp notes of orchard fruits, chalky minerality, honeyed flowers, and brioche. These carry to a medium-bodied Chardonnay that stays tight and compact on the palate, with good mid-palate density, integrated yet high acidity, and a distinct salinity and minerality on the finish. It's another brilliant, classy, age-worthy Chardonnay that should keep for 10-15 years. Maturity: 2022 – 2037� – Jeb Dunnuck
Review Date: August 2022
Wine & Spirits: 95 points
“Gavin Chanin has been working with older blocks at Sanford & Benedict since 2012; if there was ever a chardonnay vineyard deserving of Chanin’s low impact winemaking, this is it. There’s a directness of expression here that inspires: The fruit character—made savory by toasted lees and an earthy overlay—is pure, unadorned, just-ripe pear and a bit of caramel. The texture is broad and firm, with a natural concentration that is a ‘tell’ for old vines in good hands, reposing in a lacy structure. It went into the bottle balanced; keep a few of those bottles on hand to open in three, or even five years.” – Patrick J. Comiskey
Review Date: October 2022