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Wine Details
Price:
$25.00 per bottle
Description:
This 2003 Vintage Gabriel Chardonnay, produced from our Estate Vineyard, was fermented and aged in New French oak barrels. This Chardonnay exhibits ripe integrated flavors of nectarine and spicy pear. This 25 year old Chardonnay vineyard is one of the oldest planted in the Sierra Foothills. Planted on its own rootstock it has very low yields and produces grapes with very intense tropical fruit flavors. The wine was aged on the lees in barrels for five months and 40% of the wine went through malolactic fermentation, then the barrels were blended and the wine was bottled in May 2004.
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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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