2023 Morlet Family Vineyards ‘Ma Princesse’ Chardonnay Russian River Valley
Located on the river bench of Sonoma County’s Russian River, this vineyard benefits from Goldridge soil containing metamorphic rock. The cuttings come from the Old Wente field selection, renowned for excellent quality and minerality. Its concentration originates from the typically petite size of the berries. Apple skin, chamomile with a rich body and soft texture. Built to age gracefully for over a decade, this wine will gain being cellared for six months to a year before starting to reveal itself.
The Wine Palate
The 2023 ‘Ma Princesse’ prances out with showy scents of apple butter, juicy pears, and persimmons, leading to an undercurrent of lime blossoms, baking bread, and salty almonds. The full-bodied palate is intense and bright with tightly wound orchard fruit layers, a racy backbone, and creamy texture, finishing long and lifted.
Jeb Dunnuck
The 2023 ‘Ma Princesse’ has a hazy bright yellow hue. It’s a pure white with a darker hint of delicate reduction, a smoky, stony feel, and notes of ripe apples, melon, orange blosssom, and sherbet. It’s long on the palate, with a full-bodied feel, and has a deeper, mouthwatering mineral persistence. It has the stylistic decadence you come to expect from Morlet, but it has a long mineral feel.