The 2006 Pellegrini Chardonnay Unoaked is a beautiful straw color with yellow and green highlights. This wine shows intense aromas of green apple, Bartlett pear, banana, tropical fruits and lemon custard. With good acidity and a long finish, we especially enjoy this style of Chardonnay with appetizers, or with simply prepared unadorned seafood such as marinated Dungeness crab, or grilled Halibut.
Pellegrini 2004 Cloverdale Ranch Merlot
The Pellegrini family is better known for Pinot from its Olivet Laneproperty, but it deserves credit for crafting memorable Merlot - no easy task for a grape thats sometimes prized for its plain-vanilla ways. This bottling from their Cloverdale Ranch plot in Alexander Valley begins with subtle dried cherry, pebbles ...
