MISSION HILL PERPETUA CHARDONNAY 2022

Showing lovely restraint and elegance, the 2021 Perpetua hints at popcorn and reductive flinty notes then makes way for fresh white peach and hazelnut. The palate is pure fruited with discreet green apple balancing out bolder yellow plum. It builds in textural complexity from lees and well-integrated oak. Rather than a caricature, this is unforced and sincere yet not without power and length. [Gold Medal winner at the 2023 National Wine Awards of Canada.] Score – 92. (Michaela Morris, winealign.com)