The 2023 Facets Sonoma County Chardonnay is a wine of expressive aromatic character, polished cool-climate Sonoma elegance, and the kind of immediately appealing, generously styled California Chardonnay that showcases the breadth and quality of Sonoma County's diverse white wine terroir at an exceptional level of consistency and pleasure. Sonoma County — with its range of appellations from the fog-cooled Sonoma Coast to the warmer inland valleys — provides Chardonnay of outstanding natural balance, and the Facets bottling draws on this diversity to assemble a wine of layered aromatic complexity and seamless, food-friendly structure. The 2023 vintage, with excellent growing conditions across Sonoma, delivered Chardonnay fruit of outstanding natural ripeness and freshness in beautiful equilibrium. In the glass: aromas of ripe yellow apple, white peach, lemon curd, toasted hazelnut, fresh vanilla, a light brioche note, and a clean mineral thread lead to a full-bodied, well-textured palate of excellent balance, bright natural acidity, and a long, smooth, satisfying finish of genuine California Chardonnay at its most enjoyable.