“Amazing grace without sacrificing structure and layers… in 2021, the Wayfarer Vineyard was clearly firing on all cylinders. These are some of the finest Pinots and Chardonnays coming out of Sonoma. well worth the hunt!” – Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW, The Wine Independent

Looking for a Kistler-killer? Something to put the Marcassins and Auberts on their heels?

Without spending deep triple digits?

98 points from Wine Advocate. Another 98 from James Suckling. And 96+ from Jeb Dunnuck.

This is the ticket. MAGICAL stuff. Chardonnay simply does not get much better - at this price, it might be the undisputed champ.

The complimentary Pinot Noir we offered recently was divine. But this? It’s on another level. Everything dialed to 11 and held in such perfect balance - the fruit, the oak, the acid. It’s like an MC Escher drawing where you can’t tell where one part ends and another begins.

Discovered by Helen Turley, envisioned by Jason and Cleo Pahlmeyer, planted by David Abreu, articulated by Bibiana González Rave, and last but not least, made by Todd Kohn. Wayfarer is the pursuit of perfection in true coastal Chardonnay and Pinot Noir, and without a doubt, it’s long reached that destination.

So, when we say JUMP on this at the best price you will ever see it at, we MEAN drop everything you are in the middle of stuff up your Lockers, and check the bleep out as fast as you can.

Once you secured what you can, you can catch up with the latest on Wayfarer here.

We’d regale you with all the tasting notes but the press is endless on these, and we can’t do much better. Read more below to get the idea.

Shuffle your finances, donate a kidney or some plasma, and set up a lemonade stand (pro tip, give it out for free and ask for a “donation” you’ll make more $$). Do whatever you must to get a bottle or three.

And yes, mom, I secured several bottles of my own to share this summer.

98 Points – Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate

“The 2021 Chardonnay The Estate is delightfully decadent and almost feels like a guilty pleasure - it’s so packed with flavor! It has gregarious aromatic layers of warm peach, summer honey, candied citrus and wafts of allspice. The medium-bodied palate is luxuriously satiny and features expansive, concentrated flavors. Despite its generosity, it maintains balance with bright acidity, and it has an epically long finish. Drink 2024-2036.”

98 Points – James Suckling

“This is so intense and wild with Meyer lemon, Korean pear, green lemon, and lime. Piercing pineapple and focused acidity gives incredible length and intensity. The density and texture with solid phenolics and so much flavor and vivid energy is really impressive along with the electric finish. Full body. Agile palate. Wente and Mount Eden clone.”

96 Points – Jeb Dunnuck

“Revealing a medium straw hue with youthful green highlights, the 2021 Chardonnay The Estate offers gorgeous, fresh, floral aromas of lemon curd, pastry cream, cheese rind, sweet baking spices, and ripe pear. With fresh acidity, medium body, ample ripe fruit, and a sound structure, it’s fresh and long on the palate, with well-balanced richness that also feels decadent. Drink 2024-2035 ”