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Wine Details
Price:
$23.95 per bottle
Description:
These grapes were hand harvested from 30 year old vines and whole berry pressed. This wine was barrel fermented in new, 1 and 2 year old French oak barrels. 3 different yeasts were used to creating a finished wine with more complexity and character. The wine sat on its primary lees for 10 months until it was racked and filtered ready for bottling. During this time battonage was being done for the first 3 months weekly and then after that it was being done every 3-4 weeks until it was removed from barrel. Barrels from four different cooperage houses were used to get the right blend of oak and vanilla and yet respect the fruit in the wine.
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Varietal Definition
Chardonnay:
Chardonnay is by far the most widely planted grape crop in California and dominates California’s cooler, coastal, quality wine regions. The natural varietal ‘taste and smell’ of Chardonnay is surprisingly unfamiliar to many wine drinkers, as its true character is often guised with dominating winemaking signatures. Chardonnay’s rather subdued primary fruit characteristics lean toward the crisp fruitiness of apples, pears and lemon, but the variety’s full body is capable of supporting a host of complementary characteristics, such as oak, butter and vanilla. Regardless of what is the appropriate style for Chardonnay, the varietal continues to dominate vineyard plantings in every corner of the world. Close attention to clonal selection has made this broad geographic and climactic range of Chardonnay viable in thoughtful viticultural hands.
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