Expect lemon, green apple, white peach, baking spice, and refined oak with medium body, creamy texture, and bright acidity. The 2023 California vintage was cool and longer-than-typical, producing wines with bright acidity and good freshness.
- Varietal
- Chardonnay
- Region
- USA / California / Santa Barbara County / Sta. Rita Hills
- Body
- Medium
- Style
- dry white, oak-aged, cool-climate
The producer
Fess Parker Winery was founded in 1989 by actor Fess Parker. Ashley's is one of the estate's flagship single-vineyard bottlings, named for one of Fess Parker's daughters. Sourced from a cool-climate site in Sta. Rita Hills.
What critics say
Fess Parker Ashley's Chardonnay receives consistently strong reviews as a benchmark Sta. Rita Hills Chardonnay.
Pairing
Grilled fish with herbs, butter-poached chicken, creamy seafood pasta