2021 Senses Chardonnay Heintz Vineyard

The 2021 Chardonnay Charles Heintz Vineyard exudes opulence in its ripe tropical fruit notes of orange oil, roasted pineapple, beeswax, and stylistic touch of flint, but it remains balanced. Ripe and round, with medium to full body, it’s rich with golden yellow fruits and marzipan, and although it has a generous and open-knit nature to it now, this will continue to improve over the coming years. Drink 2023-2033.<!–more–>Founded by three childhood friends, Christopher Strieter, Max Thieriot, and Myles Lawrence-Briggs, Senses Wines has their estate holdings in the West Sonoma Coast and Russian River Valley appellations. With their esteemed winemaker Thomas Rivers Brown, they are producing some exceptional Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, and a small amount of Cabernet Sauvignon. They have slowly and steadily expanded their production from just 600 cases in 2012 to approximately 5000 cases today. 2021 marks the first release for their production of the Kanzler Vineyard as well as the first leaf of their estate holding of Bodega Theriot, a wine that proves you do not always need old vines to produce stunning wines – it was by far my favorite wine of the vintage from this team. Though it was technically the second leaf for the Bodega Theriot Vineyard, this site, unfortunately, was affected by the smoke of 2020, so they did not produce the wine the previous year. I highly encourage any followers of Thomas Rivers Brown to seek these wines out. (Drink between 2023-2033)