2022 00 Wines Seven Springs Chardonnay, Willamette Valley

Delicate and floral in the glass, the 2022 Chardonnay Seven Springs blossoms with a bouquet of chamomile, mint and yellow apples as a hint of smoky reduction adds lovely contrast. Supple and round but also quite savory, this washes across the palate with a salty mix of white pit fruits and lime as exotic inner spice tones arc across the palate. It finishes like liquid potpourri, saline and long, leaving a crunchy sensation and a citrus tinge that linger so long. The 2022 is a spice box with many years of evolution ahead of it.

95 points Eric Guido vinous.com

The 2022 Chardonnay Seven Springs is dynamic and expressive! White peach, lemongrass and panna cotta are underpinned by wafts of flint, allspice, honey and almonds on the nose, and as it opens in the glass, it reveals soaring floral perfume. The medium-bodied palate offers complex, highly concentrated flavors, and its new French oak is already well integrated. Its satiny, mouth-coating texture is foiled by vibrant acidity, and it has a very long, nuanced finish. It continued to improve for several days after the bottle was opened and should be long lived in the cellar.

95 Points, Erin Brooks, robertparker.com, Drink 2025-2040

Wild and perfumed, this full-bodied chardonnay has aromas of miso, white sesame seeds, cardamom, nutmeg and white fruit. It’s wonderfully creamy and textural on the palate, so layered and mouth-filling, but tense and energetic at the same time. Long and vivid. From Dijon clones. Drink or hold.

98 points jamessuckling.com Jan 2025

00 Wines Seven Springs Chardonnay from Oregon’s Willamette Valley is a single-vineyard marvel, a Chardonnay of rare depth and definition sourced from one of the most iconic vineyard sites in the region. The Seven Springs Vineyard, nestled in the Eola-Amity Hills AVA, is a place of legend—planted in the early 1980s on iron-rich volcanic soils and cooled by persistent winds from the Van Duzer Corridor. It’s a site that naturally cultivates structure, tension, and longevity in Chardonnay.

00 Wines, founded by Burgundy devotees Chris and Kathryn Hermann, brings a Grand Cru mindset to Oregon viticulture. Their approach to winemaking is both purist and precise—hand-harvested fruit, wild fermentation, long élevage on lees, and aging in custom-designed French oak barrels crafted specifically to enhance vibrancy and mouthfeel without overpowering the wine.

Winemaker Wynne Peterson-Nedry treats Seven Springs Chardonnay as a study in site expression. The wine opens with lifted aromas of Meyer lemon, white blossom, crushed seashell, and cool stone. On the palate, it’s crystalline and focused, with layers of citrus zest, white peach, and a chalky mineral core. There’s richness here, but it’s the restrained, coiled kind that whispers rather than shouts. The finish is long, salty, and refreshing—pure Eola-Amity finesse.

This is a Chardonnay that rewards contemplation. It’s intellectual and textural, with precision and energy that rival top white Burgundy. Seven Springs is not just a vineyard—it’s a voice, and 00 Wines lets it sing.