Goldberg Variations Hyde Vineyard 2020 Paul Lato

Classification	Cru Classe
Type	White
Brand	Paul Lato
Vintage	2020
Country	United States
Region	Napa Valley
Grape	Chardonnay
Volume	0,75
Condition	Perfect
Label	Perfect
Drinkable	-2030
Stock	27

Professional reviews

Robert Parker (96)

The 2020 Chardonnay Goldberg Variations Hyde Vineyard, from Wente vines planted in 1979, is lovely at this stage with aromas of baked apples, lemon cream, hay, beeswax, integrated baking spices with streaks of matchstick. Light-bodied and focused yet satiny and layered, it's youthfully coiled and has the potential to blossom over many years in the cellar. It was aged for 16 months in 75% new French oak, and 135 cases were made.

Jeb Dunnuck (95)

The 2020 Chardonnay Goldberg Variations No. 3 Hyde Vineyard comes from a great site in Carneros, in the southern part of the Napa Valley. It has a pure, clean, classy nose of ripe melon and honeyed apples as well as notes of toasted bread and white flowers. It's not quite as complex as some of the other releases here yet is incredibly pure, balanced, and medium-bodied on the palate, with everything in the right place. It has the balance and freshness to benefit from a year or two in bottle and should have 7-8 years, if not a decade, of prime drinking.