Bethel Heights Chardonnay Casteel 2018 Domaine Ratte fresh cherries on the palate

fresh cherries on the palate with fine tannins

with an intense nose

which lends a gentle toast and a spicy

It tastes like a fresh breeze with a kick and it has got amazing acidity

Bethel Heights Chardonnay Casteel 2018 Domaine Ratte fresh cherries on the palateThe reserve that carries the family name. Bethel Heights is Willamette Valley royalty planted in the Eola Amity Hills in 1977 by Terry Casteel and Marilyn Webb, and today in the hands of their son Ben Casteel, who cut his teeth on the '99 harvest in Burgundy and five years at Rex Hill under Lynn Penner Ash before coming home. Casteel is the wine that bears the family name for a reason: a barrel selection of the estate's finest lots each vintage,