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 Tasting
Notes: Characteristic of Stony Hill
Chardonnays, this vintage shows the palest straw color in the glass.
The aroma is redolent of sun ripened pears and melons. Its flavors
of delicate Chardonnay fruit are elegant and subtle, fresh and clean,
followed by a lingering aftertaste. The 1997 shows great balance and
concentration of fruit flavors which will grow in richness and depth
over the next five to ten years.
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Farming:
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dry-farmed |
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Age of vines:
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10 to 20 years
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Appellation:
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Napa Valley |
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Varietal:
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100% Chardonnay |
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Grapes:
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100% grown at Stony
Hill Vineyard |
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Harvest date:
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8/14/97 - 9/10/97 |
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Fermentation time:
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2 weeks in 5 to
25-year-old French oak barrels |
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Fermentation temperature:
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60 degrees |
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Aging time:
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10 months in 5
to 25-year-old French oak barrels |
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Filtering:
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Filtered to inhibit
malolactic fermentation |
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Bottling date:
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6/29/98 |
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Total Acidity:
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.7% |
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Residual Sugar:
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dry |
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Alcohol:
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13% |
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Aging Potential:
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5 years + |
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Cases produced:
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3432 cases 750
ml. bottles; 199 cases 1.5 liter bottles |
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Release date:
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9/7/99 |
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Price at winery:
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$24.00 per bottle
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1997
Chardonnay | 1998
SHV Chardonnay
1998 White Riesling | 1998
Gewurztraminer | 1997 Semillon de Soleil
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