2009 North Coast Chardonnay – SOLD OUT!
Vineyard Location: Russian River Valley
Varietal Composition: 100% Chardonnay
Bottled: June 08, 2010
Alcohol: 14.5%
Cooperage: 50% new French Oak, 50% used - 100% in wood
Quantity Produced: 70 Cases
Accolades
BEST OF CLASS - 2011 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition
GOLD MEDAL - 2011 Critics Challenge
Winemaker's Comments
This Chardonnay bursts with flavors of honey, passion fruit & pear. These flavors delicately intertwine with aromas of Granny-smith apple, peach and vanilla to create balance and depth throughout. A hint of tropical citrus and lingering toasted almond round out the long enjoyable finish.This wine goes great with garlic dungeness crab, pan roasted halibut with terragon or baked brie with mission fig jam.
Chardonnay
Chardonnay is by far the most widely planted grape crop in California, comprising over 40% of all white varieties crushed in the state in 2000. Chardonnay dominates not only California’s cooler, coastal, quality wine regions, but also its hot, dry, bulk-producing areas.
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.
Preferred Pricing
1 - 2 cases: 10% off,
3 - 5 cases: 15% off,
6 + cases: 20% off
(does not apply to Library & Reserve wines).
Mixed cases allowed. Wine club members are given an additional 5% off on all purchases.
