One of the best chardonnay values on the market today, with its appley-toasty flavors and cool-breeze finish.

1994 Wines of the Year, Top 20 White Wines.

Good texture and mouthfeel; intense flavors leading into a warm, spicy finish with the oak peeping through.

A heftier, spicier and more complex version of the varietal.

Moderately rich with pineapple flavors and pleasantly long finish.

Lemon blossoms and cloves define the nose, which leads to deep, lively flavors of citrus and spice. Lots of body and absolutely delicious.

Youthful but rich and viscous

Lemon blossoms, hazelnut, pear and spicy oak define the nose, but they don't prepare you for the intense, extractive flavors focusing on citrus and tropical fruit that are delicious and deep. Great value.

Those who like opulent, lusty Chardonnays with a honeyed, pineapple fruitiness must taste this. Explosive richness and huge, luscious finishes.

Subtle notes of toasty oak highlight fresh aromas of green apples and citrus while the flavors of this rounded, relatively juicy young wine feature more green apples and hints of lime.

A rich, ripe honeyed wine with loads of vanilla. Lush with hints of apple and baked pear. A hedonist's delight and a great value. Highly recommended.

Sweeter, tropical-fruit themes as well as hints of honey emerge as the defining elements of both the flowery aromas and creamy oak-enriched flavors of this tasty, mid-scaled effort. Nicely rounded and slightly soft in overall balance, the wine is very much up-front with its gifts.

A winner, no matter which vintage. Intense in flavors and texture, the wine also shows a fresh fruitiness with a creamy texture.

A rich, ripe honeyed wine with loads of vanilla. Lush wine, with hints of apple and baked pear. A hedonist's delight and a great value.

Real Central Coast style in a wine jammed with fruit, from tropical to a linger all-spice, apple pie sort of finish, yet somehow it all works in an in-your-face kind of way.

Those who like opulent, lusty Chardonnays with a honeyed, pineapple fruitiness must taste this. It offers explosive richness and huge, luscious finishes.

2017 Cambria Chardonnay, Katherine’s Vineyard, Santa Maria Valley, California, is the embodiment of Springtime California Chardonnay. Ripe fruit, floral and spice aromas dominate the nose. Pink grapefruit, tangerine, pineapple, white peach, citrus blossom, and apple flavors are balanced by a bit of wet stone, oak spice and bright acid. This is the one you want to bring outside and sip with the warm afternoon springtime sun on your face; don’t forget to have some oysters or fresh Cheddar with you, either.

Stunning quality, soft oak influence, fleshy flavors, well balanced. 3 stars, superb.

Santa Barbara Chardonnay And Pinot Noir Are Made By The Ocean 2016 Cambria Vineyards and Winery Katherine’s Vineyard Chardonnay Santa Maria Valley: orchard fruit, graham cracker, focused acidity.

Versatile Chardonnays This wine comes from one of California’s truly unique vineyards on the Santa Maria bench in Santa Barbara County. Each of 15 different blocks of Chardonnay are farmed individually allowing nuances of fruit to emerge. Lots are blended to create this inviting wine featuring citrus, earthy mineral and apple with notes of vanilla and spicy oak.

You can just sense the distinct buttercream on the nose, even before much glass swirling, along with nectarine, tangerine, green apple and citrus blossom. Inviting and beguiling. Tropical fruit on the palate, though tightly wound, along with citrus, apple, stone fruit and creamed corn, plus nutmeg and cardamom to subtly spice things up. Weightier and bigger boned than the entry-level chard, this one goes the extra mile in terms of density and texture, thus upping the pleasure quotient. Can you say ahhhhh?!

Katherine’s Vineyard, named for Jess and Barbara’s daughter Katherine in 1986, consists of ancient soils comprising fossilized seashells, shale, limestone and sand. Vines planted on this parcel thrive in the cool, maritime influenced climate. The 2015 Cambria Estate Winery Katherine’s Vineyard chardonnay is vibrant and lively, with scents of green apple, lemon/lime citrus, and a touch of buttered toast on the nose. Flavors of grapefruit, orange blossom and tropical fruit are bright and lively on the crisp palate. It has a lovely, textured finish featuring tart nectarines and wet stone minerallity.

10 wines worth sharing for Thanksgiving Based in the Santa Maria Valley, this chardonnay and pinot moir specialist makes fruitful, appealing wines sustainably farmed and estate grown. Named after the founding Jackson family’s daughters: 2015 Chardonnay Katherine’s Vineyard and 2015 Pinot Noir Julia’s Vineyard.

Cambria: What's old is new again Citrus and pineapple, along with florals and wood spice on the nose, thankfully giving the sense that it's now billowy and overripe. Flavors of lemon-lime, apple, apricot and nectarine with undertones of marzipan, honey, almond, butterscotch and gunpowder. Though ripe by alcohol parameters (14.4 percent), it keeps its focus on structure. It displays the requisite acidity to keep the proceedings bright and sunny. Creamy on midpalate, it has a pleasant vein of minerality on the finish.