The organic Monteverro 2020 Chardonnay offers a soft and supple character with orchard fruit, quince, pear and mild spice. There is a Burgundian quality to this wine, especially in terms of mouthfeel and texture; however, it reveals its Italian roots thanks to the more electric and vibrant notes of citrus and Mediterranean herb that also appear.

The organic Monteverro 2019 Chardonnay is quite elegant and perhaps more streamlined in this vintage with a direct delivery of creamy fruit aromas. There is preserved lemon, pastry cream and cinnamon, but the wine remains sharply focused throughout. You get a full-bodied white with laser focus and bright acidity to close. Exactly 8,605 bottles were made.

The Monteverro 2018 Chardonnay (with 6,310 bottles released) reveals a rich, creamy style, giving this vintage more roundness and opulence compared to the editions that follow. This stylistic choice prizes saffron, lemon curd, dried sage and poached pear.

Monteverro has released an impressive set of new wines this year starting with their 2016 Chardonnay. I tasted bottle number 3,894 of 9,163 made. From the first sip, the wine boasts balance and elegance, and there is a bright end note that will appeal to both fans and foes of oak-aged Chardonnay. Creamy flavors of orchard fruit, nectarine, honey and almond wrap smoothly over the palate. A bright hint of acidity adds momentum and energy. This wine marries the best of Chardonnay with the best of sunny southern Tuscany.

Expansive, ripe and richly textured, the Monteverro 2015 Chardonnay is a full-bodied white that doles out generous and opulent fruit. The wine is creamy, fibrous and succulent with a long range of apricot, tropical fruit, toasted almond and delicate vanilla-like aromas. Half of the assembled blend is aged in French barrique for 14 months and the other half goes into cement eggs. The results are bright, tonic and clear, but the wine maintains that deep inner sense of sunshine and concentration that is characteristic of this warm vintage. Some 7,460 bottles were made.