WINE REVIEW: Stags’ Leap 2019 Chardonnay, Napa Valley, CA ($32)

by Andrew Chalk

Racy acid backbone makes this a wine that can pair with a wide variety of food or be quaffed on its own. Consider pairing it with salmon, poultry, game birds or pork.

TASTING NOTES

A: Medium straw;

N: Cream soda, mango, pineapple, ripe yellow apples, white peach;

T: Crunchy phenolic backbone. ripe fruit. pineapple predominant. New French oak.

Sample.