Gerovassiliou Chardonnay Epanomi 2018

The 2016 Chardonnay was aged for seven months in a mixture of new and used French barriques. It comes in at 13.5% alcohol. This has a certain elegance to it, slightly marred by its woody overlay. On paper, there isn't that much wood, but it seems to show at the moment. The focus is still pretty nice, and the finish has some tension and length, but the first impression is going to be the wood. I'd give this another year or so in the cellar and see if it can pull in the wood. It just might. Whenever you do open it, it will need a food pairing. It is not a sipping wine. Sourced from vines at 15 to 20 years in age, there were 1,500 cases produced.

Precise and crisp, with lovely citrus notes of grapefruit and lime, as well as red apple, medium-plus body and light barrel notes, very well integrated. Long finish.