2004 Sonoma Coast Chardonnay
Tasting Notes
Showing incredible depth and complexity, aromas unfold with layers of green apple, melon, and citrus influences: orange blossom and lemon.� Floral, vanilla, and mineral notes are evident amid spreading flavors of stone fruit: white peach and apricot.� This is a chardonnay of distinctive balance with a crisp acidity and medium body.� Showing well now and will continue to gain complexity for 1 - 2 years.
Vineyards
This wine continues to be a blend of several of our Sonoma Coast vineyards, including Camp Meeting Ridge; a blend of Dijon clones (95 and 76), mature vine clone 4, and the low-yielding "Old Wente" selection.
Harvest
Early September 2004, depending on location & block/clone.
Winemaking
Fruit was rigorously hand sorted and gently whole cluster pressed.� The juice was settled off heavy lees and put to barrel for fermentation.� Temperatures were in the 70 degree range followed by stirring of light lees for 4 months in barrel.� Mostly native yeast and malo-lactic (ML) fermentations with only a few lots fermented using cultured burgundy isolates.� Fermentations were complete by March of�2005.
Cooperage and Aging
100% French oak; 30% new. Time in barrel = 10 months.
Bottling
August 2005; 3423 cases produced.
Final bottling technical information
- pH: 3.44
- TA: 0.61 g/100 ml
- Alcohol: 13.9%
Release Date
Spring 2006