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 Tasting
Notes: A typical palest straw color
announces this Chardonnay from our youngest vines. It has an appealing
pineapple, tropical fruit nose which is typical of the Davis clone
which makes up one third of the SHV blend, the other two-thirds coming
from our youngest Wente clone vines. It has a fruity, juicy taste
to it, like the sensation of eating ripe honeydew melon. It has, in
spite of being 100% Chardonnay grapes, a quality reminiscent of Sancerre
fruit, a little austere and minerally. This is a fresh, tart, fruity
wine with a good finish. When serving it, think of pairing it with
fried calamari with a lemon mustard dressing.
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Farming:
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dry-farmed
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Age of vines:
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5 to 15 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 |
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Harvest date:
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9/22/99 |
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Fermentation time:
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2 weeks in 5 to
25-year-old French and American oak barrels |
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Fermentation temperature:
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60 degrees |
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Aging time:
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6 months in aged
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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3/26/99 |
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Total Acidity:
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.71% |
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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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420 |
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Release date:
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9/7/99 |
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Price at winery:
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$13.00 per bottle
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1997
Chardonnay | 1998
SHV Chardonnay
1998 White Riesling | 1998
Gewurztraminer | 1997 Semillon de Soleil
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