Dollar for dollar, this has got to rank among the top chardonnays that have emerged this year. More than this, it’s one of just two chardonnays at this price that I have ever scored 96 points, the other being the sublime Oakridge of the same vintage. Scorpo’s most outstanding chardonnay yet is impeccably precise in every dimension: its bouquet wonderfully lifted in lemon blossom fragrance, vibrant grapefruit purity and subtle white peach and fig depth; its palate refined and tangy in acid definition and delightfully textured in mineral mouth feel. Underriding all this is an understated struck flint complexity. Paul Scorpo and Sandro Moselle deserve a knighthood for this one. $32 at Wine Box Warehouse.