Antica A26 Vineyard Napa Valley Chardonnay 2019 1.5L Big Bottle Domaine Jouard is a Chassagne-Montrachet

Domaine Jouard is a Chassagne-Montrachet family estate now in its seventh generation

since founding his own estate in 1999 with a single hectare

The fruit is harvested very late

and the liqueur takes its deep golden color naturally from the plants before resting at length in oak

The palate is plush and polished

Antica A26 Vineyard Napa Valley Chardonnay 2019 1.5L Big Bottle Domaine Jouard is a Chassagne-MontrachetAntica is the Antinori family's Napa Valley estate on Atlas Peak, the name a contraction of Antinori and California, and A26 is its limited statement Chardonnay, made only in standout vintages and named for Albiera, Allegra, and Alessia Antinori, the three daughters of the family's 26th generation of winemakers. The fruit comes from a small selection of high elevation blocks planted beginning in the late 1980s on upper benchland sites where cold night