Pleasing sappy, appley fruit with cinnamon and spice.

Fragrant scents of vanilla custard, light toast and caramel lead to deep, luscious flavors of citrus, butterscotch and vanilla. Mouthfilling and delicious; a big wine worth the price.

Ripe apples, pineapples, a bit of buttered toast and a subtle hint of herbs join together in the complex, medium-deep nose and broad flavors of this smoothly balanced, medium-full-bodied working.

Hints of tropical fruit, with butter and toasty oak flavors.

Clean, complex and persistent fruit flavors and subtle use of oak.

Pleasing sappy, appley fruit with cinnamon and spice notes.

The wine is, quite simply, magnificent. Amazing finesse and charm. In a great chardonnay vintage, this may be the wine of the vintage.

Rich, well-fruited and well-defined, the wine reaches forward with sweet ripe apple and tropical fruit scents enriched with sweet, creamy, toasty oak. What is promised by the nose is delivered by deep flavors, generous fruit and a glycerine-rich mouthfeel. An exceptionally successful Chardonnay debut.

What to Drink Now: Winter White Wines Slightly savory, creamy and rich, Stonestreet Estate Bear Point Vineyard Chardonnay layers caramel, golden apple, and lemon curd, finishing with a touch of briny salinity.

Admit it, you like chardonnay. Here are 14 worth trying With grapes grown 1,000 feet high, this single-vineyard chardonnay has a broad, rich palate with tropical fruit and lemon flavors, spice, oak-infused butterscotch and a long, supple finish.

"Stonestreet" is the middle name of three generations of the Jackson family, and is a mountain estate producing only three premium, single vineyard wines. This chardonnay is California showing its best, opening with lemon zest, apricots, and a little dill, that follow through to the textured palate. You'll be hungry for roast chicken dinner and Moroccan spice chickpea dishes.

This beautiful chardonnay has excellent structure, balance, soft texture and melon flavors.

Tons of fruit, with vanilla notes, good structure. 2½ stars.

This is a rich and rewarding style of Chardonnay made with grapes grown from high elevation vineyards (400 to 1,800 feet) in Alexander Valley. There’s freshness to temper the ripe core of fruit that’s accented by spice and sweetish notes suggesting butterscotch and caramel. Expressive and enjoyable. 4½ stars.

Asian Chardonnay Masters of 2018: Gold Another Jackson Family Wines’ Chardonnay made with parcels picked from high-elevation vineyards in its Stonestreet winery in Alexander Valley also stood out, and earned a Gold medal. This was a plusher example but had plenty lively acidity and structure.

Chardonnay Masters 2017: Master

Our Highest Rated Costco Wines of 2018 Not many whites on this list, but we had a few that landed close in the 90-91 range. This Stonestreet Chardonnay just hit us right across the board. It was $26, which is off a retail of $40-45. We noted “This is a killer Chardonnay drinking way above its price tag, and the 2015 vintage follows suit. You can check out the wine’s historical ratings here on the Wine.com page, and they are consistently in the low to mid 90’s which is beyond impressive.”

Rich texture with noticeable oak and ample peach/lemon curd flavors. Vanillin oak with some citrus notes.

Rich texture with noticeable oak and ample peach/lemon curd flavors. Vanillin oak with some citrus notes.

A tasty chardonnay with aromas and flavors of pear, apple and honeysuckle. Nice oak treatment. Lingering finish.

Backstory: Stonestreet is the middle name of the late Jess Jackson, the revered vintner who turned heads in the wine world with chardonnay. This tasty chardonnay has aromas and flavors of pear, apple and honeysuckle. Nice oak treatment. Lingering finish.

Selected from a bumper crop in the latest Robert Parker Wine Advocate Issue, we’re pleased to reveal this list of twenty of our most “extraordinary” white wines (those rated 96-100 points) featured in our End of October Issue of the Wine Advocate - Issue 227.

Hint of oak, big and bold and lush, with flavors of butter and cream and ripe golden apples.

Several of the barrel-fermented, oak-aged Chardonnays were better balanced. The two standouts:...and the powerful 2012 Stonestreet Bear Point Alexander Mountain Estate Sonoma. Both $30 a bottle, the wines had richness, structure and a creamy texture that melded nicely with just about everything we ate.

A lovely chardonnay that's well integrated. Toasty, with notes of ripe apple, melon and crème brulee. Nice length. A standout.