2019 Davis Estates Chardonnay estate spotlight
Davis Estates' own film of the Calistoga property on the Silverado Trail.
The market on this bottle
Wine-Searcher tracks this 2019 Davis Estates Chardonnay, Napa Valley across the open market. Their published U.S. low is $49.40 and the average is $49.40. Our slash is $50.00.
Napa Valley Chardonnay
2019 Davis Estates Chardonnay, Napa Valley, USA
This is the Napa Valley Chardonnay from the estate Mike and Sandy Davis opened on the Silverado Trail.
Mike and Sandy Davis bought 155 acres on the Silverado Trail in Calistoga in 2011 and opened the estate in 2016. As of April 2019, Cary Gott was the winemaker on the Davis Estates wines, and LuxeSF named the winery its Winery of the Year. The bottle is $50.
The vintage LuxeSF put on the winery
Howard Backen designed the winery around a historic barn, with 11,000 square feet of caves. The appellation on this bottle is Napa Valley. As of April 2019, Cary Gott was the winemaker on the Davis Estates wines.
LuxeSF called the estate its 2019 Winery of the Year, and 2019 is the vintage in the glass. If you want the Chardonnay from the year the estate was named that way, why start with a later vintage?
The owners
Mike and Sandy Davis bought the 155-acre Silverado Trail property in Calistoga in 2011.
The building
They opened in 2016 with Howard Backen, around a historic barn and 11,000 square feet of caves.
The year
As of April 2019, Cary Gott was the winemaker on the Davis Estates wines.
The honor
LuxeSF named Davis Estates its 2019 Winery of the Year, and 2019 is the vintage on this bottle.
Winery of the Year, in the vintage on the bottle
LuxeSF named Davis Estates 2019 Winery of the Year, and 2019 is the year on this Chardonnay.
The glass is lemon peel, green apple, toasted oak, and a round finish. The appellation is Napa Valley.
Lemon peel, green apple, toasted oak
Lemon peel and green apple come first, then toasted oak and a round finish.
The 2019 is $50. Twelve bottles ship free in the lower 48. Hawaii and Alaska are quoted on their own.
Lemon peel and green apple.
Toasted oak on this Napa Valley Chardonnay.
A round finish.
Gott's year on the Davis Estates wines
The bottle is Napa Valley Chardonnay from the year LuxeSF named the estate Winery of the Year.
As of April 2019, Cary Gott was the winemaker on the Davis Estates wines. That is the vintage on this bottle.
The appellation is Napa Valley. The estate sits on the Silverado Trail in Calistoga, 155 acres bought in 2011.
What the glass gives you is lemon peel, green apple, toasted oak, and a round finish.
A barn, caves, and 155 acres
Mike and Sandy Davis bought a Calistoga property and built the winery around a barn that was already there.
Mike and Sandy Davis bought the 155-acre Silverado Trail property in Calistoga in 2011.
They opened the estate in 2016. Howard Backen designed the winery around a historic barn.
The caves cover 11,000 square feet. This Chardonnay is the Napa Valley bottle from that estate.
Halibut in the pan, lemon in the rice
Lemon peel and green apple in the glass want pan-roasted halibut, then a lemon risotto.
Two plates. Pan-roasted halibut for the Chardonnay, and lemon risotto for the lemon peel in the glass.
Serve it cool. It does not need a long decant.
Pan-roasted halibut
The fillets are brined briefly in salt water, then pan-roasted and served with herbed corona beans.
Why it works: Pan-roasted halibut is the right weight for a cool Napa Valley Chardonnay with a round finish.
View Recipe for Pan-roasted halibut (opens in a new tab)Lemon risotto
Arborio rice, stirred with broth, finished with Parmesan, lemon juice, and grated lemon peel.
Why it works: Lemon juice and lemon peel in the rice meet the lemon peel already in the glass.
View Recipe for Lemon risotto (opens in a new tab)Open the 2019
LuxeSF named the estate 2019 Winery of the Year, and this is the Chardonnay from that year. The bottle is $50.
Pour the 2019 with pan-roasted halibut.
