Hess Collection Chardonnay The Lioness 2017 Bottle:1 with pineapple as the lead

with pineapple as the lead fruit

has a breezy freedom above some solid fruit

The grapes come from the Dona Elsa Estate

The palate is creamy and slippery textured

The palate duly delivers an effortless wave of dark chocolate

Hess Collection Chardonnay The Lioness 2017 Bottle:1 with pineapple as the leadThe Lioness represents Hess's biggest, boldest style of Chardonnay. The 2017 Chardonnay The Lioness was aged 18 months in 50% new French oak with lees stirring and was bottled unfiltered. Fruit comes from the Hess Estate in south Napa. It gives up gregarious scents of mangoes, pineapple tart, peach cobbler and acacia honey with nuances of lime blossoms, spice cake and toasted almonds. Big, concentrated and sporting tons of exotic fruit and savory