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17½/20
Highland Estates Camelot Highlands Chardonnay 2003
Santa Maria Valley, Santa Barbara County, Central Coast, California, United StatesIt's hard to understand just how good California chardonnay can be until you taste one that really expresses its terroir. K-J's new Highland Series has whittled down the barrels and vineyards to a single elegant expression of Santa Maria fruit aged in only 30 per cent new French oak barrels. Its flavour intensity is off the scale yet the wine is polished, elegant and eminently worthy of the dinner table. Look for super, tropical fruit flavours and apple pie spiked with cinnamon and lime rind and finished with a creamy lees undercoating. Terrific to say the least. Drink now or through 2006.Tasted: 21 May 2005Tasted by: Anthony Gismondi and Stuart TobePrices:| BC | $48.95 | 750ml | Speculative Listing Summit Fine Wine |
| AB | $36.00 | 750ml | Fine Wine Boutiques |
Grape: ChardonnayCSPC: 293027UPC: 081584002734
