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Wine Details
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Description:
We have been crafting chardonnay from this distinctive vineyard on Sonoma Mountain since 1991. This wine helped put us "on the map" and the 2004 vintage certainly lives up to the reputation it has garnered over the years.
Its yellow-gold color is accented by a pale straw rim. Scents of orange marmalade and gardenia are punctuated by a hint of caramel. A creamy texture and rich flavors of yellow apple, kumquat, harvest spices and toasted brioche meld to deliver a luxuriant mouth feel. A seemingly unstoppable finish is further enhanced by this wine’s hallmark mineral characteristics of volcanic tuft and crushed granite. Aged 11 months in French oak, 68% new.
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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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