2002 SHV Tocai Friulano


Tasting Notes: This is our third year of producing Tocai Friulano from eighty-year-old vines at Larkmead Vineyards, owned by Cam and Kate Baker. We've discovered that this wine develops nicely with a bit of age; the 2000 vintage has mellowed beautifully. So our advice to you is to drink half the case now and enjoy the light, crisp, fresh, fruity qualities of a new wine. Then cellar the other half for a year or two and enjoy a still fruity but smoother, more mellow wine. We would characterize the aromas and flavors as reminiscent of peaches, the skins of plums and grapes, and honeysuckle. The mouth feel is a bit tart as a result of good acid content. Mike Chelini suggests we drink the Tocai Friulano with salty dried meats such as coppa and prosciutto with melon.

 
Farming:
dry-farmed
Age of vines:
80 years
Appellation:
Napa Valley
Varietal:
100% Tocai Friulano
Grapes:
Grown at Larkmead Vineyards and produced and bottled at Stony Hill Vineyard
Harvest date:
9/10/02
Fermentation time:
2 weeks in 5 to 25-year-old French oak barrels
Fermentation temperature:
60 degrees
Aging time:
6 months in oak barrels
Filtering:
Filtered to inhibit malolactic fermentation
Bottling date:
3/19/03
Total Acidity:
.6%
Residual Sugar:
Dru
Alcohol:
13%
Aging Potential:
Up to 3 years
Cases produced:
176
Release date:
September 2003
Price at winery:
$15.00 per bottle
 

2001 Chardonnay | 2002 SHV Chardonnay | 2002 White Riesling
2002 Gewurztraminer | 2001 Semillon de Soleil | 2002 SHV Tocai Friulano



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