Flowers, 2003 Sonoma Coast Chardonnay

I really liked the 2002, so I bought this wine blind. Good guess on my part. It has a very strong citrus aroma. The flavor is intense and complex, vanilla, honey, and green apple. The texture reminds me of the Rombauer (http://www.rombauer.com/) butter bombs of years past. The winery notes say “lively acidity” but I don’t get that at all. This is a perfectly balanced wine, that has been heavily oak’d. It is great now, and should improve over the next year.