Rivers-Marie Joy Road Vineyard Sonoma Coast Chardonnay - 2020 (750ml) Piedmont com)- APPEARANCE- rich mahogany

com)- APPEARANCE- rich mahogany

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

meat (poultry and pork)

The Gessler family settled here

Mash bill: 60% corn

Rivers-Marie Joy Road Vineyard Sonoma Coast Chardonnay - 2020 (750ml) Piedmont com)- APPEARANCE- rich mahoganyJoy 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