13th Street Sandstone Reserve Chardonnay 2011 ($35, winery, 92 points) — Now, this is something. It was just bottled when I tried it, and is being released in time for Christmas with a classy new label. A warm, inviting nose of swirling spicy-creamy goodness that combines baked apple, poached pear, stony minerals and just a touch of citrus. Beautifully elegant and finessed on the palate and already showing fine balance between ripe fruit, cream, spice and acid. It’s lovely now but will be better on release in December and after a few years in the cellar.