This wine is perennially one of the best Chardonnays in the region, a select blend from the finest barrels each vintage, with lots varying from year to year, bearing the family name Casteel. Aromatics of chipped flint, smoky grilled lemon wedge and sweet spiced notes of candied ginger leap forth. The palate is intensely coiled, electric minerality, crushed slate, briny notes of seaspray and savoury edges framed by lemon beebalm and verbena. The finish is long, contemplative. This is a wine to age for a decade before its full potential will be realised.