Rivers-Marie Joy Road Vineyard Sonoma Coast Chardonnay - 2020 (750ml) Piedmont it might be best consumed

it might be best consumed over the next 5-10 years

Sophisticated

Mash bill: 60% corn

meat (poultry and pork)

The finish is long with orange and a touch of iron oxide

Rivers-Marie Joy Road Vineyard Sonoma Coast Chardonnay - 2020 (750ml) Piedmont it might be best consumedJoy Road feels like it is becoming more and more consistent every year. Its been hard to pin down the vineyard signature over the 7 or so years we have sourced fruit from this tiny parcel west of Occidental. In 2020, it is pretty exuberant reflecting the overarching vintage characteristic. All the fruit notes here lean to tropical but with bracing acidity to give the wine balance and present the wine more as exotic than overblown. This, like the