Kelleri Cantina Terlan Terlan Chardonnay Kreuth 2022 750ml

Grown high in the foothills of the Alps in Alto Adige, this Chardonnay shows how the warm days and cold nights create singular wines. Opening with aromas of warmed peach pie, baked Fuji apples, lemon blossom and crushed stone the wine evolves with each passing moment. The palate is full in body but has the acidity to back up the ripe orchard and stone fruit flavors that yield to a creamy texture and mineral finish. Drink now–2035.

The 2018 Alto Adige Terlano Chardonnay Kreuth opens to a pretty medley of Meyer lemon and sweet almonds, with some distant cinnamon or vanilla spice at the back. There are tangy layers of rosemary or lavender essence and even a touch of savory laurel leaf. This cool-climate Chardonnay is rich, creamy and beautifully textured with soft and lasting intensity. This is a terrific medium-bodied choice for baked codfish or spicy chili crab. The wine’s texture is enhanced by sur lie aging in both wooden barrel and stainless steel. Production is an ample 65,000 bottles.

Delicate white blossom and mountain herb notes offer a subtle, savory thread that winds through the kiwi, pear and tangerine fruit flavors in this vibrant white. Dense and finely meshed, with a rich streak of graphite-laced minerality and lightly chalky texture. Persistent and fresh on the honeyed finish. Drink now through 2032. 6,400 cases made, 250 cases imported.

Hints of lime blossom and star anise are a fragrant entry for this vibrant, medium-bodied white, accenting the palate’s ripe and creamy nectarine and star fruit flavors. Finely-knit, shows a backbone of zesty acidity and a tang of salinity creating a mouthwatering impression on the racy finish. Drink now through 2028. 5,416 cases made, 450 cases imported. (Alison Napjus)

Here I find a sweet and alluring display of ripe peach and subtle spice offset by airy spring flowers and a hint of citrus-tinged white smoke. On the palate, the 2018 Chardonnay Kreuth makes itself known with creamy, almost-oily textures, carried across the senses over a core of salty minerals with a brisk acid twang. The finish is long and slightly smoky, resonating on inner florals and hints of spiced apple. This is showing very well already, yet a few years in a cold cellar may bring some more depth to the picture. (Eric Guido)