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Wine Details
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The 2001 vintage marks the second time that all of our fruit comes from our own hillside vineyards. In our continuing efforts to produce a world class wine we have aggressively pruned our vineyards to keep our yields low and our quality at its peak, this resulted in keeping our yields to less than two tons per acre. Upon harvest we whole cluster press, use indigenous yeast for primary fermentation, then induce malolactic fermentation to soften the high acids that result from our north facing hillside vineyards. The wine was completely barrel fermented and completed primary fermentation on October 5th 2001. We then induced mallolactic fermentation and that finished completely on December 15th 2001. The lees were stirred biweekly through November 2002. In keeping with our philosophy that less is more, we bottled this wine unfined and unfiltered on December 18, 2002.
The results are truly spectacular, we feel that we have produced a truly grand-cru style wine in california. The 2001 Wedell Cellars Chardonnay exhibits all the characteristics of a fine french burgundy. With enough acidity to give crispness, and without excessive oak to overpower the fruit we have a truly balanced wine that can be enjoyed on its own or can be paired with many different types of foods.
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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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