"I believe this is going to be a great wine...it already is!" That's what winemaker Mike Chelini says about our 2010 Chardonnay vintage. As always, it is pale straw in color. Its aromas carry a distinctive minerality backed by green apple, Muscat and lemon zest. The mouth feel combines richness and acidity, and it's that balance of fruit and tartness that we always...
Our 2009 vintage is a perfect example of the winemaker’s art. Mike Chelini has been crafting Chardonnay at Stony Hill for thirty-nine years, always bringing out the essential characteristics of our hillside grown grapes. The aromas of green apples and citrus that greet you are unmistakable. As the wine opens up, the fresh fruit on your tongue is joined by the flinty, earthy quality that...
As always, our Chardonnay is pale straw in color, and once you put your nose to the glass and inhale the aroma of pure Chardonnay fruit, you won't be able to put it down! With the first sip you'll taste a complexity of flavors dominated by citrus and green apple with an underlying current of earth and stone, which we call minerality. Winemaker Mike Chelini says, "Wow, that's a mouthful! A...
The 2009 vintage speaks for itself. First of all, tip your glass in the light to see how it sparkles and reveals its pale gold brilliance. Now approaching its fourth year, the wine is beginning to mature from fresh and vibrant to elegant with a subtle hint of creaminess in the mouth feel or texture. The green apple and citrus flavors that greet you are unmistakable, layered with the flinty, earthy quality that the vines drink up from our stony soils and impart to the grapes. Finally, it's the crisp acidity on your tongue that gives the wine structure and ageability and makes it so pleasing a match with food.
Our 2008 Chardonnay has had an opulence about it from the beginning, and now at age three it is showing deep fruity notes of apple and honeydew on the nose and mellowing and softening of citrus in the mouth.
Our 2011 SHV Chardonnay is an unusually aromatic vintage with hints of peach, pineapple, and honeysuckle wafting from your glass. The mouth feel is light and delicate, and the low pH and good acidity make it a natural for pairing with food. On the palate you'll taste tart green apple followed by a flowery note and a tart minerality reminiscent of the Petit Chablis style of White...
Our 2011 Riesling is a little more Germanic in character than usual. A cool summer and early rain in 2011 have given us a more rounded wine, pale straw in color, with appealing aromas and flavors of dried fruit, honey and apricots. There's also a spicy note of cloves which piqued our interest. This Riesling is a touch earthier with a slightly heavier body than other vintages...
Our 2009 vintage revisits the lovely Cabernets made in Napa in the 1960s and 1970s, restrained in style, immanently drinkable now but with a long future before it. This is an aromatic wine with black cherry fruit, an endearing hint of green olive and evanescent whiffs of bittersweet cocoa powder on the nose. In the mouth we detect a delicate yet powerful fruit presence along with a...
We love this vintage of Semillon de Soleil! Its pale gold color in the glass leads you to divine aromas of apricots and peaches layered with a sweet honey scent. Several elements make this vintage a classic: the perfect balance between sweetness and acidity and the concentrated flavors of the Semillon grapes. We simply lose ourselves in the rich taste of dried fruit and spices...