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Wine Details
Price:
$14.00 per bottle
Description:
In 2002 we continued our commitment to single vineyard wines with this bottling of Bitner Vineyard Chardonnay. Grapes from this vineyard are hand picked and fermented in fine French oak barrels in our cool underground cellar. Aging sur-lie for 10 months adds hazelnut and toasted oak aromas to the bright mineral and citrus-like fruit typical of this vineyard. This wine is best with seafood and risotto now, and will continue to gain richness up to 10 years in the cellar.
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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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