United States of Wine

Two Mountain Winery — Chardonnay — 2024 — Copeland Vineyard — Zillah, WA

Price: N/A; not currently available at https://www.twomountainwinery.com/

The Yakima Valley in Washington State is known for a great variety of wines, including Chardonnay. This estate wine from Two Mountain Winery is made from grapes grown in their Copeland Vineyard.

The wine was a beautiful light gold hue in the clear glass on a warm evening. Well, more like an evening during a heat wave. But this is why white wines are made for summers!

This Chardonnay had fragrances of oak and crisp apple right from the beginning. Beneath that, a slight metallic smell mixes with talc and vanilla. While oak and apple were prominent, they were also very inviting.

I’m not a fan of buttery Chardonnay, so I was pleasantly surprised to instead taste crisp acidity. The oak and the apple were present in the taste as well, so much so, that it reminded me of a delicate apple cider. There was also the slight hint of new pennies, which I actually enjoyed.

I found myself enjoying this wine the longer I drank it. I would drink this wine again and recommend it to others who aren’t fans of other American buttery Chardonnays.

Score: 8.7