Palest straw color. The aroma of this wine is of subtle sweet apple, and its fresh fruit flavors fairly burst in your mouth. This vintage of our SHV is a pleasing, light, refreshing Napa Valley Chardonnay at a very affordable price. As you know, we make it from the grapes from our youngest vines, so it is not meant to be aged but to be enjoyed in the next two to four years.

Tech Details

Farming:	dry-farmed	Age of Vines:	6 to 16 years
Appellation:	Napa Valley	Varietal:	100% Chardonnay
Grapes:	Grown, produced and bottled at Stony Hill Vineyard	Harvest Date:	9/21/99 - 10/5/99
Fermentation Time:	2 weeks in 5 to 25-year-old French and American oak barrels	Fermentation Temp:	60 degrees
Aging Time:	6 months in aged oak barrels	Filtering:	Filtered to inhibit malolactic fermentation
Bottling Date:	3/28/00	Total Acidity:	.69%
Residual Sugar:	.4%	Alcohol:	13%
Aging Potential:	5 years	Production:	512 cases
Release Date:	September 2000