13th Street June's Vineyard Chardonnay 2012

I am going to load up on this wonderful and pure expression of Niagara Chardonnay. The nose shows fresh green apple, pear and citrus with flinty minerality swirling around. What you taste is 'the soil, the grapes and the kick of a substantial vintage,' says [13th Street Sales and Marketing manager Peter] Bodnar Rod. Indeed, it is pure and fresh with a creamy note on the mid-palate all lifted by generous acidity. The fruit is front and centre but has the full support of the vineyard's limestone minerality. Gorgeous. Score - 91. (Rick VanSickle, winesinniagara.com, Dec. 3, 2013)