The nose delights in peach, pear, and malted vanilla, while the varietal yellow apple and tropical fruit, mingling with the oak's touch of crème brulee, precedes a soft, lingering finish with the yeast and wood flavors of barrel fermentation.

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About This Wine:

Light gold color. The wine has peach, pear, yellow apple and malted vanilla aromas. The flavor is medium to full bodied with yellow apple and tropical fruits with crème brulee oak flavors. The finish is soft with lingering, yeasty and wood flavors from the barrel fermentation. This is a richer, more full bodied vintage that has abundant Chardonnay fruit flavors and varietal character.

Wine Profile:

Vintage:	2007
Wine Type:	White Wine
Varietal:	Chardonnay
Varietal Composition:
97%	Chardonnay
3%	Roussanne
Appellation:	Sonoma County
Acid:	.50 g/100ml
PH:	3.47
Aging:	77% was barrel aged for seven months in new and one year old French, American and Hungarian oak barrels.
Bottling Date:	July 2008
Alcohol %:	13.5%

Ratings:

88 points from Wine Spectator 3/30/2009

Awards:

Gold Medal, Best in Class- 2009 Sonoma County Harvest Fair

Vineyard Notes:

Sonoma County is regarded as the best region in California for Chardonnay! We are fortunate to source grapes from several sub-appellations of Sonoma County, principally from Carneros, Russian River , Sonoma, Dry Creek Valley and Alexander Valleys. The combination of fruit from the various sub-appellations, as well as the diversity of clones and micro-climates allows us make a consistently high quality Chardonnay.

Production Notes:

We hand-picked and whole cluster pressed the grapes in order to express more Chardonnay fruit flavors. 63% of the juice was racked into barrels for barrel fermentation after cold settling. Select yeast strains, including indigenous strains, were utilized, depending on the vineyard. 77% of the wine was barrel aged for seven months in new and one year old French, American and Hungarian oak barrels. We stirred the lees frequently in May and June to add more texture and richness. The lots from warmer sub-appellations (37%) were tank fermented cold, prevented from going thru Malo-Lactic fermentation and aged on light lees. All barrel lots were racked out and lightly fined prior to bottling, which occurred in July, 2008.

Winemaker Notes:

2007 started off with delayed budbreak with cool, wet weather during May. However, set was dry and stable in late May ensuring a good crop size. Summer continued mild with veraison starting in late July. Each vineyard was picked and held separately from September 5th to October 3rd, 2007. The normal bud break and harvest created a rich, full bodied Chardonnay with abundant varietal character.

Other Notes:

Release Date: October 2008

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