December 2025 | 97 points
“I’ve always thought of great Chardonnay as a winter white—mouthfilling, rich, and right at home with winter roasts and casseroles. But richness alone is not enough. Great Chardonnay has tension. It’s tautly wrapped around a core of beautiful fruit. A heavy blanket of oak only gets in the way. Which brings me to this exquisite wine from the cold Sonoma Coast. It’s vivid, minerally, spicy, saline, creamy and starched all at the same time. Radio-Coteau is a tiny A+++ producer with an avid following. In this rich white, there’s not a molecule out of place.”
–Karen MacNeil