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2004 Chardonnay was a collaborative effort between Chaine d’Or and Fred Peterson of Peterson Winery in Healdsburg, CA www.petersonwinery.com. As the former winemaker of Mount Eden, Fred has an intimate understanding of the fruit of the Santa Cruz Mountains. At his urging, we imported French oak barrels from Tonnellerie Claude Gillet, a master cooper from tiny Saint Romain in the heart of the Burgundian vineyards and used them in the traditional barrel-fermented method of chardonnay creation. Sometimes we forget that the Chardonnay grape is the as much the essence of Burgundy winemaking as is the Pinot Noir grape. So, Burgundian barrels for a Burgundian grape, with a goal of making a wine which would encompass both the steely mineral aspects of a classic French white burgundy, with the more lush California fruit – a task made possible by the typical restraint of the Santa Cruz Mountains terroir.
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