Shea Wine Cellars Chardonnay Willamette Valley Shea Vineyard 2018

95 points/’Editors’ Choice,’ Wine Enthusiast: “Shea scores again with a luscious, toasty, palate-coating wine that way overdelivers for the price. Estate grown at one of the top vineyards in Oregon, this lovely wine melds caramel, apple, melon and light tropical fruit in a delicious and full-bodied wine whose components are perfectly matched. Mostly barrel fermented but blended with a percentage done in concrete egg, it’s graceful, sappy and long. Alcohol 13.2%. (Mar 2022)”

93 points James Suckling: “A complex, fresh style with lemons and white peaches, as well as nectarines and pastry. The palate has a vibrant, enlivened feel with impressive focus and acidity cut through attractive, ripe orchard fruit. Drink now. (1/30/20)”