2022 Littorai Charles Heintz Vineyard Chardonnay Sonoma Coast
| Wijnsoort | Wit |
|---|---|
| Land | |
| Regio | |
| Appellatie | Sonoma County |
| Wijnhuis | |
| Jaar | 2022 |
| Druif | |
| Inhoud (Alc) | 0.75 ltr (13.5%) |
| Drink venster | 2025 - 2040 |
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Omschrijving
De Littorai Chardonnay Charles Heintz Vineyard Sonoma Coast is een prachtige witte wijn uit Californië, specifiek uit de regio Sonoma Coast. De wijn wordt gemaakt van druiven van de Charles Heintz Vineyard, die bekend staat om zijn koele klimaat en kalkrijke bodem. Helder licht goudgeel van kleur. Deze Chardonnay wordt gekenmerkt door zijn rijke smaken van citrusvruchten, peer en appel, met subtiele hints van vanille en honing. In het smaakpalet tonen van limoen, geel steenfruit, salie, verse toast en iets vanille, die gepaard gaan met een lange, licht ziltige afdronk met verfijnde zuren. Het heeft een volle structuur en een afgeronde afdronk. De wijn is afkomstig van biologisch en biodynamisch beheerde wijngaarden. De Littorai Chardonnay Charles Heintz Vineyard Sonoma Coast is een prachtige wijn die perfect is voor een speciale gelegenheid of om te delen met vrienden en familie. Het is een wijn die perfect combineert met visgerechten, gevogelte en kaas.
De Charles Heintz-wijngaard Sonoma kust wijngaard ligt op 250 meter hoogte op een zacht glooiend plateau 11 kilometer gelegen ten westen van de Stille Oceaan. Littorai was de eerste wijnmakerij die een enkele wijngaard (single vineyard) chardonnay uit deze wijngaard bottelde met de vintage van 1994 Littorai-werkt uitsluitend biologisch. De wijngaard is geplant in 1983 en ligt op een bodem van leem en zandsteen van maritieme oorsprong.
WEETJE: De wijn ligt in ons geconditioneerde Wine Warehouse en als u de wijn komt afhalen ontvangt u ook nog een mooie korting. U ziet uw korting direct wanneer u kiest voor Afhalen in Afrekenpagina. We zitten bijna naast de Rijksweg met volop parkeergelegenheid. Klik hier voor ons adres..
Specificaties
| Wijnsoort | Wit |
|---|---|
| Land | Frankrijk |
| Regio | Californie |
| Appellatie | Sonoma County |
| Wijnhuis | Littorai |
| Druif | Chardonnay |
| Biologisch gecertificeerd | Nee |
| Natural wijn | Nee |
| Vegan | Nee |
| Jaar | 2022 |
| Drinken vanaf | 2025 |
| Drinken tot | 2040 |
| Alcohol % | 13.5 |
| Alcoholvrij/arm | Nee |
| Inhoud | 0.75 ltr |
| Houtrijping | Ja |
| Bubbels | Nee |
| Dessert wijn | Nee |
| Afsluiting | Kurk |
| Parker rating | 96 |
| James Suckling rating | 98 |
| Vinous rating | 92 |
| Smaakprofiel | Complex, Droog, Houtgerijpt, Krachtig, Rijk, Rond, Vol, Wit fruit |
| Drink momenten | Indruk maken, Lekker luxe, Open haard, Romantisch |
Professionele Recensies
Parker
The Wine Advocate
RP 95+
Reviewed by:
Erin Brooks
Release Price:
NA
Drink Date:
2025 - 2040
From vines planted in 1983, the 2022 Chardonnay Charles Heintz Vineyard features understated scents of quince peel, saline, beeswax and acacia. The light-bodied palate is reminiscent of Chablis, with addicting tangy acidity. It has a silky texture, detailed fruit and a long, shell-laced finish. It gains intensity and expression as it spends time in the glass, and it will be very long lived in bottle. 243 cases were made.
Published: Mar 29, 2024
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James Suckling
Score
98
Avg Price (ex-tax)
$ 131
Littorai Chardonnay Sonoma County Sonoma Coast Charles Heintz Vineyard 2022
Wednesday, Jun 12, 2024
Color
White
Country
United States
Region
California
Vintage
2022
Very perfumed with flowers such as lilacs as well as fresh apples and ripe pears. Hints of flint, iodine and umami. Full-bodied, but it’s balanced and integrated with true purity and beauty. Powerful, very energetic and racy. Zesty finish. Very, very exciting. One for the cellar, but you can drink it young.
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Vinous
92
Drinking Window
2025 - 2029
From: Update - Sonoma and Neighbors 2022 & 2023: Opposites Attract (Jan 2025)
The 2022 Chardonnay Charles Heintz Vineyard comes across as very subdued. Wines from this site often show more mid-palate oiliness, but the 2022 here is decidedly quiet, as if the volume is turned down. I would prefer to drink this on the earlier side.
- By Antonio Galloni on January 2025
My annual tasting at Littorai is always one of the highlights of the year because the wines encompass so many top vineyards in Sonoma County and Anderson Valley. Explorations of site. That’s what this range is all about.
Cold, foggy weather was a constant in the early part of 2023. Conditions were much more favorable in Anderson Valley, where growing degree days outpaced those of Sonoma through late May. “Between the Sonoma Coast and Anderson Valley, we had the most radically different start to the year as I have ever seen,” Ted Lemon noted. “It was the exact opposite of 2022.”
July saw high temperatures that were problematic in some spots, notably Savoy, where Lemon dropped a significant amount of the crop because of sunburn. Cluster sizing continued throughout August and September, leading to fruit being dropped as late as mid-September. The Pinots were picked starting on September 20 with Mays Canyon and Richardson Ranch. All the other Pinots were harvested in October, with two picks on November 1. For Chardonnay, harvest ran from October 10 to 25, almost a month later than 2022. The Pinots were vinified with a fair proportion of whole clusters. I tasted all the 2023s from tank, except for the Charles Heintz Chardonnay (which was still fermenting). Lemon opted to bottle a handful of Pinots early because of their softness. Those wines are reviewed from bottle.
There aren’t a lot of surprises with the bottled 2022s. The whites are soft and open-knit, as they were last year, while the Pinots are every bit as exciting as they were when I tasted them from barrel. Stem inclusion is in the 20% range for most Pinots, a bit less than in 2023. Stylistically, the 2022 are quite supple, while the 2023s are more delineated.
(91-93)
Drinking Window
2024 - 2030
From: 2022 Sonoma: A First Look (Jan 2024)
The 2022 Chardonnay Charles Heintz Vineyard is gorgeous. Bright, precise and crystalline, the 2022 is an attractive wine from this site. Vibrant saline accents, white flowers, mint and white pepper all grace this decidedly understated Chardonnay from Charles Heintz.
- By Antonio Galloni on January 2024
My tasting this year with Ted Lemon opened with a stunning set of 2022 Pinots that immediately made clear what was possible in this vintage. The 2022s are deep, layered and wonderfully vibrant, with fewer of the extremes that marked some of the 2021s. I was blown away by the purity of the fruit in these wines. I tasted all the 2022 Pinots from barrel, prior to any racking, about a month prior to bottling, always a great time to taste the new vintage as the wines are in such an expressive state. Readers will want to pay special attention to the Richardson Ranch Pinot, a new bottling from a young site in Annapolis that is quite promising. Most of the 2022 Pinots saw some stem inclusion, 20-33% in most cases (the Thieriot saw none), although whole cluster influence is not especially strong, at least at this stage in the wines’ evolution.
The 2022 Chardonnays come across as a bit light in body, but those wines have been racked to tank and are, therefore, harder to assess at this stage.
“I am pretty sure 2022 saw the coldest, driest spring since 1999,” Lemon explained. “We had tiny, bonsai-like vines because there was not enough nutrient uptake. We did have good rains between April 11 and 23, though. Flowering was uneven, with a lot of shot berries. Summer was mostly cool. At The Haven we only had two days above 90 until September 1. For us, for where we were, the heat was too late and too brief to affect things. Generally, we had more water, and canopies were healthier, whereas, in 2021, we simply ran out of water in many sites. Vineyards that were used to water really struggled in 2021.”
Speaking of the 2021s, I also had a chance to revisit the entire range from bottle. The Pinots are just as exciting as they were from barrel, while the Chardonnays confirm the strength and consistency of the year.
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Wijnhuis
Na zijn avonturen in Bourgogne besloot eigenaar Ted Lemon terug naar de Verenigde Staten te gaan en daar naar eigen zeggen ‘rond te zwerven’ op zoek naar een geschikte locatie voor chardonnay en pinot noir. In 1993 besloot hij ervoor te gaan. Zonder de middelen om meteen een wijngaard te kopen kreeg deze ‘Amerikaanse droom’ een andere wending. Geen wijngaarden, wel druiven - hij kocht ze op van verschillende wijnboeren in Anderson Valley en Sonoma Coast en maakte de wijnen bij Robert Pecota in Calistoga in het noorden van Napa Valley. Nu, ruim twintig jaar later, bezitten Ted en Heidi een wijngaardareaal van ongeveer 7 hectare en hebben ze langlopende contracten met boeren voor nog eens 11 hectare wijnstokken. Sinds begin 2000 is Ted bezig met biodynamie. De wijngaarden van Littorai zijn niet gecertificeerd, maar er wordt wel volgens deze filosofie gewerkt. De wijnen van Littorai behoren tot de top van Californië. Ted Lemon maakt pinot noir en chardonnay van single vineyards. Elegantie, sappigheid en concentratie zijn kernwoorden in zijn cuvées. Wijnen met een buitengewoon bewaarpotentieel.
De Littorai Chardonnay Charles Heintz Vineyard Sonoma Coast is een prachtige witte wijn uit Californië, specifiek uit de regio Sonoma Coast. De wijn wordt gemaakt van druiven van de Charles Heintz Vineyard, die bekend staat om zijn koele klimaat en kalkrijke bodem. Helder licht goudgeel van kleur. Deze Chardonnay wordt gekenmerkt door zijn rijke smaken van citrusvruchten, peer en appel, met subtiele hints van vanille en honing. In het smaakpalet tonen van limoen, geel steenfruit, salie, verse toast en iets vanille, die gepaard gaan met een lange, licht ziltige afdronk met verfijnde zuren. Het heeft een volle structuur en een afgeronde afdronk. De wijn is afkomstig van biologisch en biodynamisch beheerde wijngaarden. De Littorai Chardonnay Charles Heintz Vineyard Sonoma Coast is een prachtige wijn die perfect is voor een speciale gelegenheid of om te delen met vrienden en familie. Het is een wijn die perfect combineert met visgerechten, gevogelte en kaas.
De Charles Heintz-wijngaard Sonoma kust wijngaard ligt op 250 meter hoogte op een zacht glooiend plateau 11 kilometer gelegen ten westen van de Stille Oceaan. Littorai was de eerste wijnmakerij die een enkele wijngaard (single vineyard) chardonnay uit deze wijngaard bottelde met de vintage van 1994 Littorai-werkt uitsluitend biologisch. De wijngaard is geplant in 1983 en ligt op een bodem van leem en zandsteen van maritieme oorsprong.
WEETJE: De wijn ligt in ons geconditioneerde Wine Warehouse en als u de wijn komt afhalen ontvangt u ook nog een mooie korting. U ziet uw korting direct wanneer u kiest voor Afhalen in Afrekenpagina. We zitten bijna naast de Rijksweg met volop parkeergelegenheid. Klik hier voor ons adres..
| Wijnsoort | Wit |
|---|---|
| Land | Frankrijk |
| Regio | Californie |
| Appellatie | Sonoma County |
| Wijnhuis | Littorai |
| Druif | Chardonnay |
| Biologisch gecertificeerd | Nee |
| Natural wijn | Nee |
| Vegan | Nee |
| Jaar | 2022 |
| Drinken vanaf | 2025 |
| Drinken tot | 2040 |
| Alcohol % | 13.5 |
| Alcoholvrij/arm | Nee |
| Inhoud | 0.75 ltr |
| Houtrijping | Ja |
| Bubbels | Nee |
| Dessert wijn | Nee |
| Afsluiting | Kurk |
| Parker rating | 96 |
| James Suckling rating | 98 |
| Vinous rating | 92 |
| Smaakprofiel | Complex, Droog, Houtgerijpt, Krachtig, Rijk, Rond, Vol, Wit fruit |
| Drink momenten | Indruk maken, Lekker luxe, Open haard, Romantisch |
Parker
The Wine Advocate
RP 95+
Reviewed by:
Erin Brooks
Release Price:
NA
Drink Date:
2025 - 2040
From vines planted in 1983, the 2022 Chardonnay Charles Heintz Vineyard features understated scents of quince peel, saline, beeswax and acacia. The light-bodied palate is reminiscent of Chablis, with addicting tangy acidity. It has a silky texture, detailed fruit and a long, shell-laced finish. It gains intensity and expression as it spends time in the glass, and it will be very long lived in bottle. 243 cases were made.
Published: Mar 29, 2024
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua...
James Suckling
Score
98
Avg Price (ex-tax)
$ 131
Littorai Chardonnay Sonoma County Sonoma Coast Charles Heintz Vineyard 2022
Wednesday, Jun 12, 2024
Color
White
Country
United States
Region
California
Vintage
2022
Very perfumed with flowers such as lilacs as well as fresh apples and ripe pears. Hints of flint, iodine and umami. Full-bodied, but it’s balanced and integrated with true purity and beauty. Powerful, very energetic and racy. Zesty finish. Very, very exciting. One for the cellar, but you can drink it young.
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua...
Vinous
92
Drinking Window
2025 - 2029
From: Update - Sonoma and Neighbors 2022 & 2023: Opposites Attract (Jan 2025)
The 2022 Chardonnay Charles Heintz Vineyard comes across as very subdued. Wines from this site often show more mid-palate oiliness, but the 2022 here is decidedly quiet, as if the volume is turned down. I would prefer to drink this on the earlier side.
- By Antonio Galloni on January 2025
My annual tasting at Littorai is always one of the highlights of the year because the wines encompass so many top vineyards in Sonoma County and Anderson Valley. Explorations of site. That’s what this range is all about.
Cold, foggy weather was a constant in the early part of 2023. Conditions were much more favorable in Anderson Valley, where growing degree days outpaced those of Sonoma through late May. “Between the Sonoma Coast and Anderson Valley, we had the most radically different start to the year as I have ever seen,” Ted Lemon noted. “It was the exact opposite of 2022.”
July saw high temperatures that were problematic in some spots, notably Savoy, where Lemon dropped a significant amount of the crop because of sunburn. Cluster sizing continued throughout August and September, leading to fruit being dropped as late as mid-September. The Pinots were picked starting on September 20 with Mays Canyon and Richardson Ranch. All the other Pinots were harvested in October, with two picks on November 1. For Chardonnay, harvest ran from October 10 to 25, almost a month later than 2022. The Pinots were vinified with a fair proportion of whole clusters. I tasted all the 2023s from tank, except for the Charles Heintz Chardonnay (which was still fermenting). Lemon opted to bottle a handful of Pinots early because of their softness. Those wines are reviewed from bottle.
There aren’t a lot of surprises with the bottled 2022s. The whites are soft and open-knit, as they were last year, while the Pinots are every bit as exciting as they were when I tasted them from barrel. Stem inclusion is in the 20% range for most Pinots, a bit less than in 2023. Stylistically, the 2022 are quite supple, while the 2023s are more delineated.
(91-93)
Drinking Window
2024 - 2030
From: 2022 Sonoma: A First Look (Jan 2024)
The 2022 Chardonnay Charles Heintz Vineyard is gorgeous. Bright, precise and crystalline, the 2022 is an attractive wine from this site. Vibrant saline accents, white flowers, mint and white pepper all grace this decidedly understated Chardonnay from Charles Heintz.
- By Antonio Galloni on January 2024
My tasting this year with Ted Lemon opened with a stunning set of 2022 Pinots that immediately made clear what was possible in this vintage. The 2022s are deep, layered and wonderfully vibrant, with fewer of the extremes that marked some of the 2021s. I was blown away by the purity of the fruit in these wines. I tasted all the 2022 Pinots from barrel, prior to any racking, about a month prior to bottling, always a great time to taste the new vintage as the wines are in such an expressive state. Readers will want to pay special attention to the Richardson Ranch Pinot, a new bottling from a young site in Annapolis that is quite promising. Most of the 2022 Pinots saw some stem inclusion, 20-33% in most cases (the Thieriot saw none), although whole cluster influence is not especially strong, at least at this stage in the wines’ evolution.
The 2022 Chardonnays come across as a bit light in body, but those wines have been racked to tank and are, therefore, harder to assess at this stage.
“I am pretty sure 2022 saw the coldest, driest spring since 1999,” Lemon explained. “We had tiny, bonsai-like vines because there was not enough nutrient uptake. We did have good rains between April 11 and 23, though. Flowering was uneven, with a lot of shot berries. Summer was mostly cool. At The Haven we only had two days above 90 until September 1. For us, for where we were, the heat was too late and too brief to affect things. Generally, we had more water, and canopies were healthier, whereas, in 2021, we simply ran out of water in many sites. Vineyards that were used to water really struggled in 2021.”
Speaking of the 2021s, I also had a chance to revisit the entire range from bottle. The Pinots are just as exciting as they were from barrel, while the Chardonnays confirm the strength and consistency of the year.
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua...
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Log in om professionele wijnrecensies van wereldberoemde critici te ontgrendelen
Na zijn avonturen in Bourgogne besloot eigenaar Ted Lemon terug naar de Verenigde Staten te gaan en daar naar eigen zeggen ‘rond te zwerven’ op zoek naar een geschikte locatie voor chardonnay en pinot noir. In 1993 besloot hij ervoor te gaan. Zonder de middelen om meteen een wijngaard te kopen kreeg deze ‘Amerikaanse droom’ een andere wending. Geen wijngaarden, wel druiven - hij kocht ze op van verschillende wijnboeren in Anderson Valley en Sonoma Coast en maakte de wijnen bij Robert Pecota in Calistoga in het noorden van Napa Valley. Nu, ruim twintig jaar later, bezitten Ted en Heidi een wijngaardareaal van ongeveer 7 hectare en hebben ze langlopende contracten met boeren voor nog eens 11 hectare wijnstokken. Sinds begin 2000 is Ted bezig met biodynamie. De wijngaarden van Littorai zijn niet gecertificeerd, maar er wordt wel volgens deze filosofie gewerkt. De wijnen van Littorai behoren tot de top van Californië. Ted Lemon maakt pinot noir en chardonnay van single vineyards. Elegantie, sappigheid en concentratie zijn kernwoorden in zijn cuvées. Wijnen met een buitengewoon bewaarpotentieel.