2023 Flowers 'Camp Meeting Ridge' Chardonnay Sonoma Coast

A powerful, complex, full-bodied wine from the rockiest block on this western coastal ridge. Salty, rich and concentrated, with deep layers of sweet stone fruit and cool salinity. The palate is driven by textural minerality and ripe acidity, along with citrus oil. Profound and intellectual. Drink after 2027. ~ 99 James Suckling

The 2023 Chardonnay Camp Meeting Ridge Almar emerges from the rockiest part of the site. Elegant and wonderfully nuanced, the 2023 is seamless in the glass. Lemon confit, marzipan, white flowers, slate and chalk all race across the palate. The 2023 marries intense, voluptuous fruit and tons of salivating, mineral-drenched energy. An archetype of Fort Ross-Seaview. What a stunner. ~ 97 Vinous Media

Layered and lifted, this vintage of Flowers Camp Meeting Ridge is a striking expression of its far-coast origin - a stunning estate in one of the most rugged landscapes of the West Sonoma Coast. It opens with a touch of a welcome flintiness and subtle sweet white florals. Notes of saline-dried seaweed and perfumed mandarin peel bring brightness and tension, cutting through richer tones of twice-baked almond croissant and a drizzle of honey. The palate is generous, medium to full-bodied, with a well-balanced mix of citrus and baking spices, beautifully complemented by its coastal acidity—a delicious wine with depth, energy, and clear potential to age gracefully. ~ 96 Decanter

Aromas of white flowers, fresh linen, apple and citrus blossom jump from the glass on the nose of this Chard. The palate is a layered and concentrated affair, with flavors of tangerine, pear, cinnamon and white flowers that expand across the finish. ~ 96 Wine Enthusiast

A straw yellow color, the 2023 Chardonnay Camp Meeting Ridge offers more depth on the nose, with more polished notes of baking spice, frangipane, lemon curd, beeswax, and melon. The palate is full-bodied, with a bright and persistent spine of acidity that carves through its more supple ripe texture, it has a mouthwatering, salty finish. It’s tightly wound and needs another 6-12 months in bottle. Drink 2026-2038. For my taste, I would drink the Sonoma Coast bottling over this, but it’s certainly exceptional and impossible to deny. ~ 96 Jeb Dunnuck

Shows wonderful precision, with complementary flavors of pear, Meyer lemon, yuzu and lime sherbet. The structure is equally impressive, offering density and Himalayan sea salt notes that add an appealing grip on the finish, where aromatics of vetiver, lemon balm and lemon thyme linger. Drink now through 2038. 1,200 cases made. ~ 94 Wine Spectator

The 2023 Chardonnay Camp Meeting Ridge was matured in 25% new French oak puncheons. It has slowly opening aromas of peach, beeswax, orange peel and saline. The medium-bodied palate is satiny and expansive with pure flavors. Its firm, linear acidity brings it back into focus, and it has a very long, expressive finish. 1,200 cases were made. ~ 93 Robert Parker's Wine Advocate