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Wine Details
Price:
$25.00 per bottle
Description:
For the first time, I bottled this late, after the following vintage. I am extremely happy with the complexity and balance of this wine. Flavors like lime and apple pie á la mode, it is rich and round with a mouth watering lift at the end. These Chardonnays age quite well. The 1997 is just beyond its peak, but the 1998 is right on, which the 2000 is entering. 2001 is still on its way up. To borrow another hackneyed phrase, 'patience is a virtue.
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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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